The Chilean obtained a -2 card this Thursday which allows him to finish in 53rd place on the second day of competition, in which he will seek to make the cut to continue in the race this weekend.
Mito Pereira posted a decent first round at the Valspar Championship, which is being held in Palm Harbor, Florida. The Chilean golfer obtained a card of -2 this Thursday, which, in the absence of all the participants, This puts him in 53rd place in the competition, five strokes behind those who are currently leaders, the Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas and the American David Lipsky.
The Santiago man took to the grounds of the Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course in a bid to get revenge because only a few days ago had an ungrateful participation in The Players. In that event, known as the fifth major, he was unable to make the cut due to bad weather which forced the continued suspension of the second round, which just ended on Sunday. His +5 card forced him to say goodbye to the tournament before the home stretch, with a very poor performance compared to what he expected.
Pereira urgently needed to recover. And despite the fact that his performance on Thursday did not stand out too much, it was enough to reach the second day with a positive balance. Mito managed to correct his mistakes at the start of the contest in which he competes against world figures such as Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland or Justin Thomas and who will have a cut in 65th place, in addition to distributing 7.8 million dollars in price. .
His work with the putt was uneven at first, but Mito didn’t despair or lose focus. He celebrated hole 2, where he played his first birds of the day. And although he immediately fell into the next hole with a bogeygot another stroke under par at the seventh flag, to leave his momentary card at -1, once the first pass passed.
The national, who was accompanied by American Pat Perez and German Martin Kaymer, never lost his head and was seen in full concentration on the final nine holes. This allowed him to celebrate a new birds at age 11, to improve your Goal and, incidentally, to climb a few places in the general classification.
The balance sheet was positive and now Pereira’s big task was to take care of him at all costs. And he succeeds. Perhaps without standing out with new shots under par, but he has not backed down either, which will allow him to face the second round with more serenity. Improving your level will however be important to stay in the race without setbacks.
The Chilean will face the second round of the tournament this Friday, starting at 9:02 a.m. in Chile. A day that will be decisive for the future of Mito in the Valspar championship. It should be mentioned that Joaquín Niemann, the other national of the PGA Tour, has decided to abandon the tournament to go to Match Play, which will be played next weekend, in the best possible way.
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Source: Latercera
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