The Chilean had an exceptional turnout on Sunday, but it wasn’t enough to get into the front row. Winner Brooks Koepka delivers an authoritative shot by LIV Golf, which adds a big winner for the first time.
Mito Pereita had an outstanding presentation at the PGA Championship. After suffering from rain on Saturday, this Sunday he changed his fortunes at Oak Hill Country Club. The Chilean closed the last day with 67 shots (-3), achieving a total card of 282 shots (+2). The winner of the contest was the American Brooks Koepka.
Beyond the correct Sunday pass, the national golfer managed to enter the top 20 of the table. Finally, he was instead T18. Even so, his performance was a far cry from that of 2022, when he was very close to winning the title. A year ago, the Pirque native was on the verge of breaking history and claiming the championship, but a bad swing on the 18th hole ended up with the ball in the water and his options gone in a matter of seconds. minutes.
man of the week
One of the highlights of Sunday’s PGA Championship action was Michael Block’s hole-in-one. The story of the American golfer has captured worldwide attention. He entered the competition by invitation and remained among the best throughout development. On Sunday, he made history by pocketing the aerial ball.
A teacher by profession, Block is ranked 3,580 in the world rankings. At 46, he caused a sensation all weekend. “I don’t want to listen,” the golfer said on Saturday, when told the $75,000 figure he could take if he finished in the top 10. “I’m going to sit with as much as I can with my friends and family in the house we’re renting and watching the videos tonight and seeing all my new followers on Instagram. It was crazy,” said the American after his remarkable and surprising performance. Finally, the club’s golfer was T15, qualifying for next year’s tournament. His position is just above Mito Pereira.
LIV makes the difference
Brooks Koepka gives LIV Golf a win. At the Augusta Masters, the PGA’s Jon Rahm took the green jacket. But, this time, the Saudi league puts the winner and gives an important blow to the table. The Florida native had a quiet day to secure the top spot.
The 33-year-old closed with a -9 card. Behind him are Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland, both at -7. The American repeats his victories from 2018 and 2019. In total, he adds his fifth major. Before that, he had won the aforementioned championships and the US Open in 2017 and 2018.
Koepka, with his characteristic parsimony, continues to surprise by winning more major tournaments than tournaments of the season. The new triumph repeats his statements from 2019, when the American said that: “Sometimes it’s easier to win a ‘Major’ than any other PGA tournament.”
“You start to know that you’re going to win at least half of the players, around 80. From there, you imagine that around half of the rest won’t play well, so you’re left with around 35. And of those- here, a few feel the weight of the pressure. It leaves you with a small group and you just have to beat those guys. One of the things I’ve learned over the past two years, it’s that you don’t need to try to win, you just need to be in the ointment. If you’re there, good things are going to happen,” he explained. Four years after this occasion, he repeated his feat.
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