Mito Pereira
(puh-RAY-ruh)
Height: 6'0" (1.82 m)
Weight: 196 (89 kg)
Age: 26 (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 TOURWinner, three 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour events (thru 2021-22)
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:
65 - 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship (Round 3)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#3 : 2022 Fortinet ChampionshipCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#82 : 2022 Fortinet ChampionshipCareer Largest Paycheck:
$483,000 : 2022 Fortinet Championship (Finished 3)2021-22 Season Highlights
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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).
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: | 16 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | $1,058,338 | |||||
| 2022 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 27 | $687,990 | ||||
| 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 | |
| 2019 | CUT | ||||||||
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.