Former Texas Tech Red Raider golfer Mito Pereira double-bogeyed the ultimate gap of the PGA Championship to fall out of rivalry at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Tiger Woods withdrew from the PGA Championship after capturing a 79 on Saturday
Mito Pereira
Mito Pereira
Periera tee’d off on the 18th with a one-shot lead over Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris and hit his drive into the water. After the penalty drop, he hit his third shot within the tough nonetheless 80-feet from the pin.Â
Pereira then flew his chip over the inexperienced into the golf green. He hit his method shot to 4-feet from the pin and one putted for the double-bogey.
Pereira led a lot of the method after three rounds within the 60s, however the competitors was by no means far behind. He led by three strokes getting into the ultimate spherical on Sunday.
Mito Pereira
Mito Pereira
Mito Pereira
Pereira, 27, simply received his tour card final 12 months by advantage of profitable 3 times on the Korn Ferry Tour, was in uncharted territory, and attempting to stay as calm as doable, as he mentioned after the thrid spherical:
“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 mentioned after the third spherical. “I’ll just try to keep it simple, try to do the same things that I’ve been doing and try to not even look at the people around.”
Pereira had points with bogeys all weekend, with 4 on Saturday and 5 on Sunday, not together with the double-bogey on 18.
Zalatoris and Thomas continued in a playoff whereas Pereira watched.
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