Six birdies allowed the Chilean to climb positions, which already has two consecutive events among the first ten marks. Mito Pereira was in 30th place.
The sixth LIV Golf event of 2023 has come to an end and a Chilean has entered the positions of honor. It’s about Joaquín Niemann, who after three rounds in Tulsa, Oklahoma, finished in the top ten. Mito Pereira, meanwhile, only reached the 30th position.
And it is that throughout the weekend the feelings of the Chileans (companions of the Torque GC) have been completely contrary. If one was fine, the other collapsed on the table. If the latter subsequently made his return, the other could not materialize his chances. This is also why the Torque GC failed to enter the tag team fight and were relegated to seventh position. This, yes, in the annual list, they continue on the podium, since they are second if scores from Mayakoba, Tucson, Orlando, Adelaide, Singapore and Tulsa are counted.
In the case of individual performances, the one who has shone the most in the south of the United States is obviously Joaquín Niemann. The Talagante native finished with an 11-under-par record for the field and the eighth-highest mark in the tournament. He achieves this largely thanks to a Sunday where he shone and got six birdies and only one bogey . In fact, had he been sharper on Saturday (he even finished with the peloton), he most likely would have fought for the title which was ultimately decided between Cameron Smith, Branden Grace and Dustin Johnson. All ended up with -17.
Niemann thus repeats the top ten after his tenth place in Singapore at the end of April. Accomplishment needed after adding three consecutive events outside the top 30, something totally out of the plans for one of the new circuit’s main stars.
Mito Pereira for his part bids farewell with the bad feeling of not having been able to reproduce his great second round. He started with a lot of problems on Friday, but on Saturday he showed his best version with a -6 run. This Sunday, he only managed to take a two-shot lead on the field and finish in 28th place, tied with teammate Sebastián Muñoz . David Puig was 36 years old.
For Pirque, this will go down as one of his worst tournaments of the year, as in the LIV he has been a continuous protagonist. Sixth in Tucson and Orlando, plus a fifth in Singapore They have him the seventh best player of the season according to the ranking of the organization.
The LIV schedule continues with the Washington date being played at Trump National Golf Club, but before that the Chileans will have one of four important stops of the year and that is are already confirmed in the PGA Championship , the second major of the season, which begins next weekend at Oak Hill. Tournament known to Mito, who last year was one hole away from winning the contest and writing his name in golf history. 2023 will be a revenge.
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