LIV Golf's Pat Perez drops out of lawsuit: 'I have no ill feelings toward the PGA Tour or any of the players'

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.

Three-time PGA Tour winner Pat Perez has dropped out of the antitrust lawsuit initially filed by 11 LIV Golf players earlier this month, saying he "didn’t really think it through."  

Perez, 46, became the second golfer to abandon the lawsuit, telling Sports Illustrated in an interview that his intentions were not "to go after the PGA Tour."

Pat Perez during a practice round prior to the LIV Golf Invitational-Portland at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club on June 28, 2022, in North Plains, Oregon. (Jonathan Ferrey/LIV Golf via Getty Images)

"I didn’t really think it through," Perez said. "I did it to back our guys."

TIGER WOODS, RORY MCILROY PARTNER WITH PGA TOUR FOR NEW COMPETITION SERIES: REPORT

Phil Mickelson and 10 other golfers filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour earlier this month, claiming that its indefinite suspensions were aimed at hurting their careers. Three other golfers also filed for a temporary restraining order to compete in the FedEx Cup playoffs, arguing that they qualified before joining LIV Golf – an injunction that was later denied by a federal judge in California.

"I have no ill feelings toward the PGA Tour or any of the players. I’m a LIV guy 100%," Perez told the outlet. "I'm going to play for them. But I don’t feel any need to go after the PGA Tour. They gave me a wonderful opportunity for 21 years. I've got nothing against them, no hard feelings toward anybody. I earned everything I got out there, don’t get me wrong."

Pat Perez, Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed speak during a press conference prior to the LIV Golf Invitational-Portland on June 28, 2022, in North Plains, Oregon. (Jonathan Ferrey/LIV Golf via Getty