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:
64 - 2022 PGA Championship (Round 2)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#3 : 2022 Fortinet ChampionshipCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#45 : 2022 RBC Canadian OpenCareer Largest Paycheck:
$870,000 : 2022 PGA Championship (Finished 3)2021-22 Season Highlights
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Qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in his rookie season on the PGA TOUR and advanced to the BMW Championship, finishing No. 50 in the official FedExCup standings. Held a three-stroke lead entering the final round of the PGA Championship and went on to finish T3 in his second career start in a major championship. Collected three top-10s and made 18 cuts in 27 starts. Earned one of the automatic qualifying spots for the International Team at the 2022 Presidents Cup.
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PGA TOUR
Fortinet Championship - Finished solo-third at the Fortinet Championship, earning his first career top-three finish on the PGA TOUR. Co-led the field in Driving Accuracy Percentage (60.71 percent). PGA Championship - Held a three-stroke lead entering the final round of the PGA Championship and carded a final-round 75 to finish T3. Made a double-bogey-6 at the 72nd hole to miss the playoff between Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris by one stroke. Marked his second career appearance in a major championship and first since the 2019 U.S. Open. Co-led the field in Birdies (18) and Par-5 Scoring Average (4.25).
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: | 36 | 111 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 1 | $3,168,273 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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| 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.