Just as the Chilean was on the verge of breaking history and winning the PGA Championship, a bad swing on the 18th hole ended with the ball in the water and his options gone within minutes.
Hearts waiting and full concentration. In the middle of the afternoon in Chile, it seemed Guillermo Pereira’s PGA Championship victory was only a matter of minutes away . The national golfer had been consistent all weekend and was about to achieve a historic feat for the sport. However, the situation suddenly changed.
By the close, Mito had -6 on his card and was a flush ahead of Will Zaltoris and Justin Thomas. On the 18th hole, he needed a par 4 to win the major and become the first Latino to do so. And from the way the panorama looked, it looked like he had succeeded.
But the worst has happened. His throw ended with the ball in the water. With that, his options were narrowed to getting into the play-offs by achieving a bogey, which ultimately didn’t happen.
A double bogey relegated him to third place and gave Zalatoris and Thomas a chance to define the champion. Moreover, it remained in the retina that moments before the fateful 18th hole, Pereira hit the title with a ball that stopped at the edge of the hole.
Beyond the bitter end, what the Chilean did during the tournament is remarkable. Never has a national golfer gone so far in the competition. At 27, he will undoubtedly have another title shot. Without going any further, if he succeeded today, he would have become the youngest Latino to enter the list of great winners of golf tournaments.
Mito Pereira lamented this fateful decision: “I was calm. It’s not a good swing. I wasn’t thinking of water. When I threw it in the water, I was surprised. There are sensations in the body that you think you don’t feel at the moment. You don’t realize it,” the golfer said.
“Obviously it’s a shame to have ended up like that in 18, A great week that could have ended very well. It’s a bit of a bad time of the 18th and the other to be happy for the week I’ve had. I came out third in the first major of the year, the first one I played as a member. I think there is nothing else to learn,” added Pereira.
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