Mito Pereira

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Mito Pereira
Personal information
Full nameGuillermo Pereira Hinke
NicknameMito
Born (1995-03-31) 31 March 1995 (age 26)
Santiago, Chile
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationality Chile
ResidenceSantiago, Chile
Career
CollegeTexas Tech University
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins8
Highest ranking82 (19 September 2021)[1]
(as of 26 December 2021)
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour3
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2019
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Medal record
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Individual

Guillermo "Mito" Pereira Hinke (born 31 March 1995) is a Chilean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, having earned an automatic three-win promotion from the 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour.[2]

Amateur career[]

Pereira was runner-up at the 2006 Optimist International Junior Golf Championship (boys 10-11 division), and won the 2008 Optimist International Junior Golf Championship (boys 12-13 division). He was runner-up at the 2010 Junior Open Championship at Lundin Golf Club in Fife, Scotland.[2]

In 2013, at the age of 17, he won the Chilean Professional Tour's Abierto Internacional de Las Brisas de Chicureo, shooting 70-70-70 to win by one stroke over professionals Nico Geyger and Cristián León.

Pereira played one year of college golf with the Texas Tech Red Raiders in 2014–15 and reached No. 5 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking in August 2015 before deciding to turn pro.[2]

Professional career[]

Pereira turned professional in the second half of 2015 and joined the 2016 PGA Tour Latinoamérica, where he won the Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC and managed to reach the top-spot of the Order of Merit, to become the youngest player ever ranked No. 1. In addition to his victory, he had two runner-up finishes and four further top-10s in 18 starts and ended the season ranked No. 3 on the Order of Merit, earning promotion to the 2017 Web.com Tour where his best finish was T3 at the Nashville Golf Open.[2]

At the 2019 Pan American Games, Pereira won the bronze medal in the men's individual competition.[3]

On the 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour, he won the Country Club de Bogotá Championship in February 2020. With back to back victories at the Rex Hospital Open and BMW Charity Pro-Am in June 2021, he earned an instant promotion to the PGA Tour. He became just the 12th player in the developmental tour's 32-year history to earn the automatic three-win promotion, and the first since Wesley Bryan in 2016.[4] In August 2021, Pereira finished in a tie for 3rd place at the Olympic Games. He lost in a 7-man playoff for the bronze medal.[5]

Amateur wins[]

  • 2008 Optimist International Junior Golf Championship
  • 2013 Golden Cup, Abierto Las Brisas de Santo Domingo, Abierto Las Araucarias, Los Leones Amateur, Campeonato de Chile Match Play, Abierto Las Brisas De Chicureo
  • 2014 Abierto de Marbella, Abierto de Granadilla, Abierto Las Brisas de Santo Domingo, Abierto La Posada, Campeonato Internacional de Aficionados Copa Carlos Raffo, Los Leones Amateur, Campeonato de Aficionados de Chile - Match Play

Source:[2][6]

Professional wins (8)[]

Korn Ferry Tour wins (3)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 Feb 2020 Country Club de Bogotá Championship −20 (65-66-68-64=263) 2 strokes United States Ben Kohles
2 6 Jun 2021 Rex Hospital Open −21 (62-67-67-67=263) Playoff Germany Stephan Jäger
3 13 Jun 2021 BMW Charity Pro-Am −27 (65-63-66-64=258) 4 strokes United States Justin Lower

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2021 Huntsville Championship France Paul Barjon, United States Barjon won with eagle on third extra hole
2 2021 Rex Hospital Open Germany Stephan Jäger Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 16 Oct 2016 Roberto De Vicenzo Punta
del Este Open Copa NEC 		−16 (64-67-70-63=264) 5 strokes United States Tom Whitney

Chilean wins (4)[]

  • 2013 (1) Abierto Internacional de Las Brisas de Chicureo (as an amateur)
  • 2015 (2) Abierto de Marina Golf Rapel, Abierto del Club de Polo
  • 2016 (1) Abierto de Cachagua

Playoff record[]

Other playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2019 Pan American Games Guatemala , Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti Zanotti won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships[]

Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances[]

Source:[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Week 38 2021 Ending 19 Sep 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Player Profile Mito Pereira". PGA Tour. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Playoffs Determine Lima Golf Medalists". AroundTheRings.com. 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ Herrington, Ryan (13 June 2021). "Mito Pereira is first Korn Ferry pro to earn PGA Tour promotion since 2016". GolfDigest. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ Stafford, Ali (1 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Xander Schauffele wins golf gold as Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey miss out on medals". Sky Sports.
  6. ^ a b "Guillermo Pereira". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

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