Mito Pereira stays with Dunlop Phoenix tournament runner-up and wins millionaire prize

The Chilean golfer closed his participation in the Japanese circuit in second place and ratified the expectations that were placed on him in this competition.

Mito Pereira continues to show his progress to the world. This time he did it on the Japan Golf Tour, where he participated in the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament, held in Miyazaki and where the Chilean lived up to the expectations that placed him among the big favorites to win the title.

And although he finished in second place, his performance was equally remarkable and allowed him to add a millionaire prize of $134 million. while the champion, Japan’s Kazuki Higa, pocketed $268 million for achieving the crown.

The final course of the native of Pirque admits of no reproach, since finished with 65 (-6), for a final aggregate of 266 hits (-18), three behind the winner of the competition and who also had a brilliant day, with -7. It was, along with Friday’s, the National Athlete’s best pass through the Phoenix Country Club.

The first half of the tour was impeccable for the student of Eduardo Miquel, who achievement birds on holes four, seven and eight. However, in the 10th minute he made the only mistake of the day, with a bogey.

However, he recovered quickly and He reduced shots to the field in two consecutive flags, 12 and 13. So, I would repeat the formula in 15 and 16, to close his participation in the exceptional Japanese tournament with a pair.

The Dunlop Phoenix Tournament is one of the most prestigious tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, and top PGA players often cross the ocean to participate in the event, which makes the tournament quite competitive.

The invitation of the organization, added to the fact that the test distributes points for the world classification, made that the Chilean did not hesitate to participate in the test and thus play for the second time this year in a tournament in Japan . The first was a month and a half ago, when it was part of the ZOZO Championship, the only PGA date in Asia.

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Source: Latercera

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