Mito Pereira

Pereira, 27, was outstanding during the second round of the PGA Championship. On Friday, he shot a 6-under 64 to take over the No. 2 spot on the leaderboard.

Then, while most of the field was struggling on Saturday, Pereira shot 2-under par through his first seven holes. If Pereira can stay steady this Saturday, he'll be in the driver's seat heading into the final round of the PGA Championship. Pereira, 27, was outstanding during the second round of the PGA Championship. On Friday, he shot a 6-under 64 to take over the No. 2 spot on the leaderboard.

The latest scores, news, and highlights from Saturday's third round at the 2022 PGA Championship.

The low round on the course belongs to Webb Simpson, who is two under through four holes and two over for the championship. Meanwhile, his partner, Norris, who hit his drive into a literal ditch, somehow muscled it on to the back edge of the green and then holed a BOMB for birdie. At one under through three holes, Canter sits in a tie for 30th at one over for the tournament. Back at the first, Koepka hits the green in regulation from the rough and has a decent look at birdie. Mito Pereira grabbed the lead with a birdie at the second, and he's kept it with a par at No. 3. He was fortunate to get free relief from an embedded ball, and he just put his third on the front of the green. He's six over on the three par-3s today—and six over for the round after opening on Thursday with a 65. After making a par on eight, Woods found a fairway bunker at the ninth and then hit his second directly into the face of the bunker. He missed a 12-foot par putt at No. 8 to bogey, and now he's got some bother at the ninth, working on a free drop back out of the spectator crossing zone. Two-putt par keeps him at five under, where he's now joined by parnter Justin Thomas, who failed to get up and down for par after sailing his approach over the first green. 5:30 p.m.: A third straight bogey, at 10, for Mito, who came up achingly short on his approach in the bunker. The four-time major champ makes a bomb on No. 16 to move back into red numbers for the week.

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He finished tied for 17th in the AT&T Byron Nelson a week ago tuning up for Southern Hills. Mito Pereira walks to the seventh green during the second round of the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports) Mito Pereira reacts to his putt on the seventh green during the second round of the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images) But golf fans have been hearing his name for a while. Mito Pereira of Chile plays a second shot on the fourth hole during the third round of the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club. (Photo: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) His highest career finish is a solo third at the Fortinet Championship in September of 2021.

Long before Mito Pereira was the man out in front at the 104th PGA Championship, he was honing his craft at Texas Tech University.

You go play a schedule like we play and you’re getting to see the best courses in the country and see the best competition, there are so many small things that you pick up and help you believe in your game. And I watched some of the shots he hit around there, and at that point I knew he had a skill to just get the ball in the hole. And then on some of the ball-striking things, he’s always had skills that I would say have been in the category that have been elite. Yes in the sense that we haven’t had a Red Raider reach this level yet — being in contention at a major. But really it was one of those things where I think he was intrigued by some of the great tournaments that college golf has to offer. He had a serious girlfriend back home, and he was very close to his family.

As of early Saturday evening, Santiago, Chile, native Mito Pereira leads the field at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 6-under par, one stroke ...

As things currently stand, Pereira is ranked as the No. 100 golfer in the world. He didn’t make the cut then, and he also missed the cut at The Players Championship earlier this year. Competing individually at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, he captured a bronze medal — so far the only medal he’s earned in international competition. He also finished as the runner-up at the 2010 Junior Open Championship. He was a runner-up at the 2006 Optimist International Junior Golf Championsip and won it in 2008. Pereira is 27 years old, in his first season as a member of the PGA Tour and was a largely unknown player before this weekend’s tournament.

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You’ve got to go out and get it, everybody’s got to go out and earn it.” “It was a tough place to be at the moment. Zalatoris is in the mix to the finish. What are the odds of Chile producing two world-class players … and possibly a PGA champion? Exhibit III: Will Zalatoris, a former Masters runner-up who seems to make a run only at major championships, is at it again despite a five-bogey day that dropped him out of the lead but left him two back. Chile has about 50 golf courses and a few thousand recreational players, yet has two players in the top 25 in this PGA. Niemann is 23rd. He and Pereira are the only players to shoot under par in all three rounds. Stewart Cink celebrated his 49th birthday and charged with a 1-over-par 71 — that’s right, a 71 was charging in this misshaped third round — into a tie for seventh … Two-time Masters champ Bubba Watson straggled home with four back-nine bogeys when bunkers kept jumping in front of his ball … Cameron Young, a former Wake Forest University star who also is relatively unknown, powered his way into the mix by driving the green at the par-4 17th hole and draining a long eagle putt to slide into fourth. He shot 69 after opening with 68-64 and is three shots up on Fitzpatrick. Exhibit 2: A former U.S. Amateur champion from England you probably don’t remember and who’s never won on the PGA Tour — Matt Fitzpatrick — finished birdie-birdie to materialize out of seemingly nowhere and vault into second place. This guy loves to mash it off the tee and play aggressively. He could have folded Saturday but after four mid-round bogeys, he birdied three of the last six and made a clutch save at the 16th.

Mito Pereira shot a third-round one-under 69 and leads the PGA Championship by three. Tiger Woods limped around Southern Hills, had a 79 and withdrew.

Only 16 players remained under par at Southern Hills, a list that included Webb Simpson. On Friday, he had to save par from a bunker on his final hole to make the cut on the number. Zalatoris briefly caught him with a 35-foot birdie putt on the par-five 13th. Woods withdrew for the first time in a major as a pro. He wound up with a 67 and was four shots behind. Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson looked shaky as ever on the greens, making three bogeys over his last four holes for a 73. That gave the 27-year-old from Chile a three-stroke lead over Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris.

Pereira is at +150 to win the tournament as he leads Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris.

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Unheralded Mito Pereira is the first Chilean man to lead a major tournament, surging three shots clear at the PGA Championship as miserable conditions ...

22 May 2022 22 May 2022 22 May 2022 With temperatures hovering around 32 Celcius, players sweated out a wind-whipped second round. I thought I hit it really well. So it wasn't like I was losing my confidence.

Mito Pereira is one of South America's upcoming stars, with the Chilean really establishing himself on the PGA Tour in his rookie 2021/22 season.

In early January 2021, the couple got engaged, with the wedding taking place a year later. Mito Pereira is one of South America's upcoming stars, with the Chilean really establishing himself on the PGA Tour in his rookie 2021/22 season. Antonia does have an Instagram account that showcases some eye-catching photos, as well as drawings which are dedicated to nature.

Matt Fitzpatrick produced a brilliant fightback to get within three strokes of lead heading into the final round of the PGA Championship, where Mito Pereira ...

He rallied with three birdies in his next four holes, although a three-putt bogey at the last saw him drop into the group tied-17th that also contains England's Tommy Fleetwood. Zalatoris holed from 35-feet at the par-five 13th to match the Chilean's birdie from half the distance, only for Pereira to convert a six-foot birdie at the par-three next and move three ahead when his playing partner bogeyed the 16th. A missed birdie chance from inside six feet at the third by Zalatoris was followed by him failing to convert par-save attempts from a similar distance at the fourth and sixth, as Pereira extended his advantage with a 10-foot birdie at the fifth.

Get to know Will Zalatoris, Mito Pereira and Cameron Young as they attempt to win their first PGA Tour event at the PGA Championship.

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Ireland's Séamus Power lies six shots off the lead following a 67, but Rory McIlroy fell nine shots adrift following a disappointing 74. “I feel good, my game ...

So there’s a lot of adjusting on the fly, and I typically don’t like to play when it’s colder weather, so I surprised myself a bit today. “Obviously I’ll go out a little before any of the leaders. “We’ve gone from 92 degrees to what we had today, so the ball is going way shorter.

Playing in just his second career major, Mito Pereira enters the final round at the PGA Championship with a three-shot lead on Will Zalatoris.

He finished tied for 17th in the AT&T Byron Nelson a week ago tuning up for Southern Hills. His highest career finish is a solo third at the Fortinet Championship in September of 2021. Pereira missed the cut in the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. The 2022 PGA Championship marks his second start in a major championship. But golf fans have been hearing his name for a while. Pereira has played in 27 PGA Tour events and made 17 cuts. Pereira represented his home country of Chile in the men’s golf competition at the Summer Olympics in Japan in 2021.

Pereira, a rookie who has yet to win on the PGA Tour, raced into a commanding four-shot lead after five holes, but a run of four bogeys over five holes dragged ...

And he finished his round in the perfect manner, rolling home a 20-foot birdie putt to delight the fans. The young British player finished with a three-under 67 to finish six-under overall. I feel like I can hit the shots way want to see and so far, it’s been a good year.” Young, who also hasn’t won on the PGA Tour, is playing in his first PGA Championship, and is the first time he’s qualified for the weekend of a major. So far, I feel like they have paid off. “We made changes with my short game and my irons in the winter.

Leaderboard1 Mito Pereira -8 (69)T2 Matt Fitzpatrick -6 (67)T2 Will Zalatoris -6 (73)4 Cameron Young -5 (67)5 Abraham Ancer -4 (70)T76 Tiger Woods +12 ...

Mito Pereira has bogeyed No. 8, his first misstep today in what has otherwise been a terrific round of golf. It's an even-par 35 on the front nine for him. Webb is one of 15 players in red numbers right now and you could make the argument that all of them have a chance. That's not saying too terribly much — the previous best was a T40 at the Open Championship last year, with seven missed cuts in 10 total starts. He's now -5, two-under for the day, and tied with Cameron Young in third place, three shots behind leader Mito Pereira. We have not seen Fitzpatrick this high on a leaderboard in a major since ... well, it's been a long time. Great height, good speed and rolled down to a very makeable putt for Zalatoris, who is now T2 with Matt Fitzpatrick at 6-under. Pereira, as you may know, has not won on the PGA Tour yet, much less won a major championship. They're six shots behind the lead. Pereira started hot, cooled off in the middle of his round and watched his lead dwindle to one stroke, but played the final six holes in 3-under to card a 69. He declined to commit to playing the fourth round after the round. After making the cut with a round of 69 in Friday's second round, Woods struggled throughout Saturday with a 79.

None of the top four on the leaderboard at the 2022 PGA Championship have won a single PGA Tour title let alone a major.

Those still in the trophy hunt are chasing Pereira, ranked No. 100 in the world, who won three times on the Korn Ferry Tour last year to earn a battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour. He entered the week having recorded five top-25 finishes this season, but no top-10 finishes this calendar year. “I typically don’t like to play when it’s colder weather, so I surprised myself a bit today.” Asked what it would mean to claim the Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday, he said, “I wouldn’t discriminate. With a 54-hole aggregate of 9-under 201, Pereira became the first player to hold the outright 54-hole lead in his PGA Championship debut since John Daly in 1991. He’s won seven times on the DP World Tour and earned a spot alongside Pereira in the final pairing. With birdies at Nos. 2 and 5, Pereira became the first player in the tournament to reach double-digits-under par.

The Chilean managed to drop his ball from the first cut of rough into the fairway due to a local rule.

The World No.100 recovered well with three birdies coming home to shoot 69 and reach nine-under-par for a three stroke lead. Perhaps his shot would have released more and stayed on the putting surface had he kept his original lie. It meant he was allowed a free drop within a club length, eventually dropping his ball in the fairway.

Mito Pereira can become the first PGA Tour rookie to capture a major championship since 2011.

He is vying to become the first tour rookie to win a major championship since Keegan Bradley at the 2011 PGA Championship and the sixth player in the stroke-play era that started in 1958 to win in his PGA debut. He was a phenom in Chile at an early age and went on to attend the IMG Academy in Florida before abruptly quitting the game for two years. “If you play really good golf during the week, you're going to win,” Pereira said. He ranks first in strokes gained/putting at 7.033—after entering the week 116th in the stat on tour—and leads the field with 16 birdies, three more than anyone else. And then he probably hit one of the best shots I’ve seen from him at 14. He’ll begin Sunday’s final round with a three-stroke lead over Will Zalatoris, the second-round leader, and Matt Fitzpatrick after battling to a one-under 69.

Pereira is a Ping staff player and uses a full bag of clubs from the brand. He starts with a Ping G425 Max driver which has 10.5 degrees of loft and is fitted ...

He is a graduate of Swansea University where he studied History and American Studies, and he has been a part of the Golf Monthly team since February 2018. He quickly became a golf equipment expert and has always been the one family and friends come to for buying advice, and spends a lot of his time putting golf gear, apparel and shoes to the test. The cover itself is also made from a new softer, urethane elastomer for more greenside spin and control. The most convincing of this traction comes from the new 3D moulded heel cup construction, which effectively creates a vacuum around the heel, locking it in for incredible levels of stability. Pereira is a Ping staff player and uses a full bag of clubs from the brand. it is a blade design which we obviously haven't tested, but we have used the new Ping PLD Anser line which are very similar. This is great for lining up the ball consistently in the centre of the face. They look exceptional as well - especially in the more traditional teardrop shape that is available in three of the four sole options. With its biennial upgrade, the design got several significant changes made to it, such as the new reformulated 2.0 ZG Process Core which was implemented with more distance in mind. Next up he uses a set of Ping iBlade irons and they go from four-iron down to nine-iron. He then uses four Ping Glide 4.0 wedges with 46, 52, 56 and 60 degrees of loft. He also uses a Ping G425 Max three-wood and seven-wood with 15.5 and 20.5 degrees of loft.

The world number 100 golfer holds a three-stroke lead after shooting a one-under 69 on Saturday.

I was still hitting the ball really well, so I think I'll just hold to that." "It's by far the biggest tournament that I've played, the biggest round of golf and tomorrow is going to be even bigger," Pereira said after the third round. Mito Pereira is doing his best to keep things normal Saturday night.

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It spent Saturday allowing five birdies, 34 pars, 31 bogeys, six double bogeys and three “other,” a turn of language in which the “other” is especially harrowing. “I mean, No. 6 is 200 [yards] and, I’m not sure, 15 yards dead into the wind,” Power said, “and, and it’s a very small target.” It sacked Tiger Woods, who went in the water and triple-bogeyed it on the way to his 79 in what looked like quite some excruciation and preceded his withdrawal from the event come Saturday evening. Right behind Fitzpatrick and Zalatoris, 25-year-old Cameron Young turned up alone in fourth at 5 under par with a 67 that included a Collin Morikawa-style eagle on the par-4 No. 17, on which Young drove the green and made a 24-footer. All the players coped with the kind of weather that might make you want to establish the running game in the first quarter, and they bounced up and down the board even as Pereira managed to stay atop all day from early on. No. 11, only pars, which were great scores, and one bogey from Power. No. 14, at least, dared to stage some birdies, including from Pereira. He played the four dwarves in bogey, par, par and par, even if he did miss a six-footer on No. 6 that left him half-crumpled in disbelief. But I just found myself from 13 on, I made 3 under, and those holes are pretty tough.” By the end, once he birdied Nos. 13, 14 and 18, he had rebuilt that lead to three. They coped with a tournament that has shipped them all sorts of conditions in three days, from the furnace of Thursday to the early winds of Friday to the November of Saturday that followed a wee-hours thunderstorm of quite some electricity. It features only one top-10 player, No. 9 Justin Thomas, and he just spent Saturday riding bumpily across six bogeys and two birdies for a 74 that dropped him seven shots off the pace. Gazing down the board at how the leaders fared in the par-3s, No. 6 showed only Fitzpatrick and Young making birdies — or, you might surmise, minor miracles — with bogeys by Zalatoris, Cink, Thomas and even Webb Simpson, who did shoot a 65 to land in a thick tie for 10th at 1 under. On No. 6, he watched his tee shot trickle into the water, which led to a sad-looking drop beside a wee foot bridge, which led to an addled-looking approach that stopped and groaned at 28 feet, which led to a two-putt, which led to those in the galleries chatting about how much carnage they had witnessed on the hole ranked first for woe.

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Only 16 players remained under par at Southern Hills, a list that included Webb Simpson. On Friday, he had to save par from a bunker on his final hole to make the cut on the number. Zalatoris briefly caught him with a 35-foot birdie putt on the par-5 13th. He wound up with a 67 and was four shots behind. The birdie on 18 was a bonus. Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson looked shaky as ever on the greens, making three bogeys over his last four holes for a 73. The pain was more noticeable than it was on the weekend at the Masters, and he was 21 shots behind. He was helped by Pereira running into trouble, too – it seemed everyone did – by making four bogeys in a five-hole stretch around the turn. And when a third round as fickle as the wind finally ended, the 27-year-old from Chile stood on the cusp of fame. It was a tough place to be at that moment,” he said. No tour rookie has won a major since Keegan Bradley in the 2011 PGA Championship. “I was playing really good and suddenly I made four bogeys in five holes. If he lacks experience – this is his first PGA and only second major – so do the players closest to him.

Mito Pereira was sick of inconsistent putting weeks. He worked with Stephen Sweeney to fix them, and now he's leading the PGA Championship.

During competitive rounds, the pair spend the early part of their warmup session checking up on the “basics,” Sweeney says, like setup and working on the start line of his putts using putting gates. But when it does, it’ll be a symbol of the hard work that went into it. “He used to have quite a strong, claw underneath grip, which would cause his right arm to rotate and shut the face.” As for what he’s thinking with his putting this week? Pereira made some small equipment switches along the way: Moving from a Toulon Anser-style blade to a PING PLD Anser putter. Seeking more consistency, the two got to work.

The world number 100 golfer holds a three-stroke lead after shooting a one-under 69 on Saturday.

I was still hitting the ball really well, so I think I'll just hold to that." "It's by far the biggest tournament that I've played, the biggest round of golf and tomorrow is going to be even bigger," Pereira said after the third round. Mito Pereira is doing his best to keep things normal Saturday night.

Mito Pereira's journey to the 54-hole lead at the 2022 PGA Championship took an interesting detour during his teen years.

I knew I was going to play golf but not at that time.” One day, I wanted to play golf again and I came back. “I got tired off it,” he said in a February interview with Golfweek. “I quit and just played other sports for a while – dirt bike, soccer and tennis.

Entering Sunday's final round, the top six players included Mito Pereira — who entered Sunday with a three-shot lead — Matthew Fitzpatrick, Will Zalatoris, ...

By the end, once he birdied Nos. 13, 14 and 18, he had rebuilt that lead to three. He played the four dwarves in bogey, par, par and par, even if he did miss a six-footer on No. 6 that left him half-crumpled in disbelief. It’s another nadir in his newfound role as ignoble recluse who has missed both the Masters and the PGA in firestorm avoidance. Way back at the 2002 PGA Championship near Minneapolis, Rich Beem became that occasional feel-good force that makes golf and humanity so mysterious. McIlroy birdied holes 2 through 5, giving fans in Tulsa and elsewhere a reminder that he finished a surprising second at Augusta after starting the final round of the Masters 10 shots off the lead. That still left Spieth a solid eagle look and what appeared to be an excellent chance at a birdie. Ultimately, though, he had to settle for a par and a reminder that Spieth occasionally struggles on the greens. Showing just how drivable No. 17 is, given its relatively short distance with Sunday’s forward tee box placement, Spieth shaped his drive perfectly for the left-to-right hole and ran his ball onto the green. - Tulsa’s Southern Hills is hosting the PGA Championship for a record fifth time. Paramount Plus is streaming the CBS telecast. Entering Sunday’s final round, the top six players included Mito Pereira — who entered Sunday with a three-shot lead — Matthew Fitzpatrick, Will Zalatoris, Cameron Young, Abraham Ancer and Seamus Power. Four of them are in their 20s, and none has won a major. So did Scottie Scheffler and Patrick Cantlay, the No. 1 and No. 5 players in the world.

The Chilean will play with Matt Fitzpatrick, who like Pereira is also seeking to make the 2022 PGA Championship his first PGA Tour title. Of course, Fitzpatrick ...

Cameron Young made eagle on the 17th hole, which has him four back of Mito Pereira and in the penultimate group. For Zalatoris, it's also a second birdie of the day as he regains a share of the lead. 4:59 p.m.: If you thought Pereira's up and down at nine was good, he may have just pulled off the up and down of his life at the 10th. Speaking of escaping with no damage, Cameron Young gets up and down from inside the penaltry area on No. 7 to remain at six under. In the groups ahead, Zalatoris and Young found the fairway at No. 15 and Thomas is in a greenside bunker at 16. 5:01 p.m.: Zalatoris' drive at 12 misses miles to the left and somehow stays out of a creek, but all he could do was chip it back out into the fairway. He made par at 13 and just found the green at the par-3 14th. His relationship with the lead would have been brief anyway, as Pereira two-putted for birdie back at the 13th to reach seven under. Mito just RIPPED a low draw at the par-3 14th that scurried about 20 yards past the green and almost on to the next tee. 6:22 p.m.: From the greenside bunker on 17, Zalatoris gets up and down for birdie to get to five under, tied for the clubhouse lead. 5:58 p.m.: Someone cue the undertaker GIF for Matt Fitzpatrick. The Englishman just chipped in for birdie at the 15th, getting him back to four under. Young also gets up and down from over the green for birdie to get to four under.

Disaster struck on the final hole of the 2022 PGA championship for 54-hole leader and feel-good story of the week Mito Pereira during the final round of the ...

He didn’t earn a spot on the PGA Tour until June of 2021 when he earned an instant promotion for winning three times on the developmental Korn Ferry Tour. After posting three scores in the 60s on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, he limped home with 5-over, 75 on Sunday. His fourth shot, a chip from the back-left corner of the green went long and his ensuing bogey putt came up well short.

Mito Pereira double bogeyed the 18th hole at Southern Hills on Sunday, denying him his first major title at the PGA Championship.

After a two-putt from just off the putting surface, Pereira walked to the scoring tent with a finishing, double-bogey 6 on his card. The ball ended up directly in the center of the creek. Pereira flew his approach long of the green, and his ensuing chip couldn’t hold the green. Driver in hand, Pereira tried to hit a low bullet down the left side of the baked-out fairway. “I wasn’t even thinking about the water,” Pereira said. Fifteen minutes prior, he held a one-shot lead in the 104th PGA Championship. Now, he was explaining where it all went wrong.

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Then I thought I was nervous on the third day but the fourth day was terrible. Then I thought I was nervous the second day. “I thought I was nervous the first day. I hold to that and learn for the future. “On Sunday I wanted to win. “I just wanted to put it into play.

If I were Mito Pereira and I had just blown a one-shot lead on the final regulation hole at the PGA Championship, I might not want to talk about the ...

Former Texas Tech Red Raider golfer Mito Pereira double-bogeyed the final hole of the PGA Championship to fall out of contention at Southern Hills in Tulsa, ...

"It's by far the biggest tournament that I've played, the biggest round of golf and tomorrow is going to be even bigger," Pereira said after the third round. He led by three strokes entering the final round on Sunday. Periera tee'd off at the 18th with a one-shot lead over Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris and hit his drive into the water.

The 27-year-old rookie from Chile had been in the lead or tied all day Sunday, until a shocking double bogey at Southern Hills' 18th hole.

From there, he had 190 yards left and still had a chance to make a bogey that would get him in the playoff. The ball traveled over the green, leaving a tough pitch that he could only get to 22 feet. I just played it through but it was a tough day.’’ He had just come off of three victories in the previous two months, and was ranked No. 1 in the world. But had he got that putt to drop on the 17th, his plight at 18 would have been far easier. Then I thought I was nervous on the third day but the fourth day was terrible. He hit a huge drive on 17 and it (his putt) was one roll away from winning a major. He holed that putt for a birdie to get to 9 under par, giving himself a three-shot lead over Matt Fitzpatrick and Zalatoris after 54 holes. “I just wanted to put it in play, and I guess I aimed too far right. He found water at the 18th and all of a sudden it was gone. He was one roll short of a breathing-room birdie at the 17th. At least Van de Velde made the playoff that he later lost to Paul Lawrie.

The Chilean golfer won a lot of fans over with his class, grace and humility.

Despite the bitter defeat and exit, Pereira kept winning new fans. That left the door open for Will Zalatoris and Justin Thomas, who stroked their way into a three-hole playoff. Pereira had played in just one major event prior to the PGA Championship, missing the cut at the 2019 U.S. Open.

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Pereira's composure in the aftermath of what should have been total heartbreak, sprinkled with a few baffling sound bites, like when he called the day a "really good result," is a performance. When it was over, he walked up a long set of stairs, and waiting near a group of golf carts were a group of Latin American golfers—Abe Ancer, Joaquin Niemann, Sebastian Munoz. They hugged him, they laughed, and a cute dog appeared to lighten the mood. Then I thought I was nervous on the third day, but the fourth day was terrible. Nevertheless, as he faced the media, there were no tears, no apparent heartbreak, and he even laughed—loudly, and genuinely, it seemed—at a question in Spanish that amounted to, "if you could do something differently what would it be?" The reversal was a testament to the sheer speed of life. TULSA — In the blink of an eye, Sunday's main character was relegated to the realm of trivia.

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To Renner on CBS he said, “Maybe you have so much pressure on you that you don’t even know what you’re doing” — and he laughed somewhat. That one went over the green and onto the back fringe. “The 18th is one of the toughest finishing holes in all golf,” runner-up Will Zalatoris said. Then I thought I was nervous the third day, but the fourth day was terrible. Then I thought I was nervous the second day. And I think, I mean, I had many, not exactly like that, but I have had times in my career when I feel like I’ve let a tournament get away.

TULSA, Okla. – Mito Pereira took a unique route to the top of the PGA Championship's leaderboard. The 54-hole leader at Southern Hills once quit the game ...

Pereira finished third on the PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Order of Merit in 2016, racking up a win and three-other top-3 finishes, to earn Korn Ferry Tour status. The injury may have been a blessing in disguise. Pereira also resided in Niemann’s South Florida home after the COVID-19 pandemic made international travel impossible, and had his Korn Ferry Tour trophies sent to Niemann’s home. He finished a solid 76th on the Korn Ferry Tour money list the next year before losing his card in 2018. He also discovered a mental coach, Eugenio Lisama, who works with Formula 1 racers and soccer players. Pereira entered this week ranked 46th in the FedExCup and 100th in the world ranking. Niemann was known in their younger days for wearing a lot of yellow. “We all grew up together,” said Carlos Bustos, another Chilean who played college golf at Florida. “Mito was always better because he was older than us. The Big 12 Championship was played at Southern Hills for Pereira’s lone season with the Red Raiders. He finished eighth, nine shots back of winner Scottie Scheffler. The 54-hole leader at Southern Hills once quit the game for two years and broke his collarbone in a bike accident. “This is crazy, man,” Pereira said after the win. “This is by far the best thing that I've done in my life.