Mito Pereira
(puh-RAY-ruh)
Height: 6'0" (1.82 m)
Weight: 196 (89 kg)
Age: 27 (March 31, 1995)
Birthplace: Santiago, Chile
Residence: Jupiter, Florida
Family:
Wife, Antonia
Education:
Texas Tech University
Special Interests:
Motorcycles, soccer
Turned Professional:
2015
City plays from:
Pirque, Chile
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTop 125 in 2021-22 FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List (thru 2022-23)
Career Victories
Korn Ferry Tour Victories (3):
2020 (3) Country Club de Bogota Championship, REX Hospital Open, BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation.PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Victories (1):
2016 (1) Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC.Other Victories (3):
Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
63 - 2023 Shriners Children's Open (Round 2)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#3 : 2022 Fortinet ChampionshipCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#41 : 2023 Shriners Children's OpenCareer Largest Paycheck:
$870,000 : 2022 PGA Championship (Finished 3)2022-23 Season Highlights
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PGA TOUR
Shriners Children's Open - Held a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Shriners Children's Open and went on to finish T4, the fourth top-five of his PGA TOUR career. Marked his first career 36-hole lead/co-lead.
National Team Selections
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 39 | 123 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 1 | $3,677,058 | ||||
| 2023 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 69 | $508,784 | ||||||
| 2022 | 27 | 89 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 50 | $2,797,925 | |||
| 2021 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 180 | $370,348 | |||||
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2022 | CUT | T3 | CUT | CUT | |||||
| 2019 | CUT | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2022 | T42 | T54 | ||
Personal
- Started playing golf at an early age. His earliest golf memory is hitting balls with a plastic golf club.
- Bubba Stewart, a professional motocross racer, is his favorite athlete outside of golf.
- Chile's Universidad Católica is his favorite professional team.
- Interests include fishing and motocross.