PGA Tour Confidential: Bob Hope Classic hosted by Arnold Palmer

Morfit: It would be good for golf writers if Pat Perez could climb into the top 20. The guy is a phenomenal talent, an awesome ball-striker in the way Boo Weekley is. And Perez is just as good a quote, if not better.

Hack: Agreed. Pat has got himself in tremendous physical shape, too. At last year's FBR, he talked about ditching his partying ways with John Daly. It was time to grow up, Pat said, and he wished Daly would do the same. Looks like Pat is following his own advice.

James Herre, editor, Sports Illustrated Golf Plus: I liked the exchange between Nick Faldo and Dottie Pepper when Perez threw his club and cursed after hitting the pin and almost holing an approach shot. Faldo was aghast at Perez's show of anger and asked Dottie what she thought. Dottie, a fiery player in her day, thought nothing of it. I thought it was a good example of two ways to approach the game -- calm and collected, like Faldo, or let it all out, like Perez and Pepper

Shipnuck: The difference is that Dottie could effectively channel that anger, while these outbursts have always seemed to hurt Perez

Van Sickle: Perez could use the win so the public would have a different image of him. About all he's known for now is doing a tuning-fork with an iron that he angrily stuck in the ground a few years ago. It was such a classic tantrum that CBS even replayed it, sort of like Woody Austin bending the putter over his head.

Morfit: He's also a little ADD, like many Tour pros. I interviewed him for a story in Golf about five years ago, and he was playing the Incredible Hulk video game, talking on his cell phone and smoking a cigarette as he did our interview. We were in his motel room in the Endicott, N.Y., EconoLodge, which had a pink bathtub. Good times. Amazingly, Perez made more sense than many pros do when they're 100% focused on the interview.

Shipnuck: It would be great schtick if he was a consistent winner. Up til now it's just looked like a guy who was out-of-control emotionally. He recently had an epic bachelor party in Cabo, so I guess that means he's getting married and settling down. I'm sure that will help his career.

Bamberger: Perez has a Lanny Wadkins look, in his face and in his game. I could see this guy getting really, really good.

Farrell Evans, writer-reporter, Sports Illustrated: Perez is nothing like Lanny Wadkins. And winning a birdie-fest doesn't mean he's ready for anything except winning the Bob Hope Classic.

Van Sickle: Bamberger's Lanny Wadkins comparison is the smartest thing anyone has said so far. He's very Lanny -- quick tempo, aggressive, swagger, emotional and always in a rush. Perez's game is more based on power, but he's got the energy of a young Lanny, who also wasn't averse to a party. I hope this means we're going to see more of him.