It’s been a whirlwind two weeks for Chile’s Mito Pereira, and the chaos has only just begun.
“This is crazy man,” Pereira said after closing out a 64 at Thornblade Club in Greer, S.C., to rally past 54-hole leader Justin Lower and win by three shots with a 27-under 258 total.
A lot of hard work in the short run: In his last eight rounds, Pereira was 48 under par, his worst score a 67.
With the 2020 and 2021 seasons combined due to the COVID-19 pandemic, four players—Jared Wolfe, Davis Riley, Stephan Jaeger and Cameron Young—are sitting on two wins and can move up to the PGA Tour with a third victory.
When play resumed in the summer, however, his momentum stalled, as he missed three cuts in his first four events with only one top-10 in his final 16 starts in 2020.
The beginning of 2021 wasn’t much better, but come April he started to find his game once more.
“Probably since I was 4, 5, so it’s been a long ride,” he said..“There’s been tough moments, good moments, but it’s all worth it…I hope it helps everybody in Chile to grow this game and to get more easy entrance to the game.
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