LIV Golf star’s wife says she’d “absolutely love” Rory McIlroy to be “punched in the face”
Ashley Perez, the wife of LIV Golf star Pat Perez, has taken aim at Rory McIlroy after the Northern Irishman clashed with members of the United States Ryder Cup team in Rome last week.
McIlroy has been one of LIV Golf’s biggest critics, and it appears Perez’s partner Ashley shares a similar feeling towards the Northern Irishman. Taking to Instagram, she brutally wrote: “I can’t possibly be the only one that would absolutely love to watch Rory get punched in the face.
“I mean that in the nicest way possible… kinda.” Perez’s comments came after McIlroy was involved in an altercation with the caddies of Patrick Cantlay and Justin Thomas at Marco Simone last Saturday.
The four-time major champion was partnered with Matt Fitzpatrick against Cantlay and Wyndham Clark during day two of the Ryder Cup. It was the Americans who prevailed in the fourball clash, after Cantlay holed a remarkable birdie putt on the 18th green.
Cantlay was a man who found himself at the centre of controversy whilst in Rome, after reports the American had caused a ‘split’ within the Team USA camp. Sky Sports claimed that the former FedEx Cup champion was unhappy with players not being paid, and in protest opted to not wear a cap.
Ironically, the whole U.S. team celebrated Cantlay’s winning putt by taking off their caps and waving them in the air. One man who joined in was his caddie Joe LaCava, but the bag-man appeared to take his celebrations one step too far after directing his celebrations in the direction of McIlroy.
