Victor Perez has stated his ambition to play his way back onto the PGA Tour after the collapse of LIV Golf less than a year after he agreed to join the breakaway league

Former LIV Golf member Victor Perez is targeting a return to the PGA Tour after the collapse of the breakaway league.

Perez quit the PGA Tour at the end of 2025 to join the Cleeks team on the breakaway league, and he has no regrets about making the move despite LIV losing the support of its Saudi Arabian paymasters just a few months after he debuted.

LIV's fate was seemingly confirmed last week at a Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearing after a $300 million rescue deal with the private equity and credit firm BC Partners fell through, forcing the league to pursue liquidation. BC Partners is keeping talks open about buying what remains of LIV, but it appears highly unlikely that anything can be salvaged from the wreckage.

Perez was open-minded about sticking with LIV if the league survived, provided he was satisfied with the product. Some reports said he had committed to LIV 2.0, but he says they took his words out of context. Regardless, it is immaterial now, and LIV's demise has given him clarity.

"I enjoyed it, but I think it was taken a bit out of context when I said that 'I really like LIV,' and how much it regenerated my love for the game, and less tournaments, and kind of that freedom to play. I think it was taken a bit out of context," he said.

It was like, 'Oh, he's committed to LIV 2.0.' I was just like, 'I'm just waiting.' I remember being at home and having people be like, 'Oh, you're going for sure.' I was like, 'I'm not.'

"I was just kind of waiting to see what was happening because I always felt like this was unfortunately an out where things could go completely south on the investment, and LIV 2.0 wasn't going to happen.

"So, in a sense, where we are now, it's definitely a lot cleaner where I'll play [on the DP World Tour] and try to get my way back to the PGA Tour for 2028."

Perez will have a chance to play his way onto the PGA Tour's lucrative Championship Series when it debuts in 2028. Rory McIlroy said last week that he expects four Championship Series cards to be up for grabs in the 2027 Race to Dubai.

And with a host of former LIV players expected to play regularly on the DP World Tour next year, competition for those cards will be fierce.

Perez was at risk of losing his full membership on the PGA Tour at the time of joining LIV 12 months ago, though he still had a chance to secure his card. He finished 35th in the LIV standings and earned around $4M in prize money.

Knowing what he knows now, would he make the same decision if he had his time again?

"It's tricky now to say," he replied. "I've had a great year. I've met great people. I've had great improvement in my game. It's, it's so tricky. I think we're all looking for black-and-white answers.

"I had a good time. That time is over, and I'm here playing golf, and I think that's what I have to try to remember."