Mito Pereira suffers in Oman and loses leadership of the competition

This Saturday’s day at the International Series Oman was not good for Mito Pereira . The Chilean, who after the second round of the competition had taken first place in the ranking, suffered more than necessary and moved away from the first places.

The first part of the journey of the native of Pirque was positive. Two birds in flags 2 and 3, they allowed him to gain a foothold at the top. However, this advantage was quickly negated. On the fourth hole he scored his first bogey of the day and the situation got worse in the sixth, where he had to score a double bogey on a 437 yard par 4.

On the last nine holes, the situation did not change. In this part he had four new bogeys on flags 12, 13, 15 and 17. Only one bird In the 16th minute, he avoided worse. Thus, he ends his time on the field with a card of 76 moves, four more than the total. .

With this, Mito Pereira falls to 15th place (-7), remaining five shots behind the leaders, the South African Louis Oosthuizen and the Mexican Carlos Ortiz with -12.

The one who was able to return was Joaquín Niemann . The Talagantino climbed five places compared to Friday and entered the top 10 of the ranking.

To achieve this, he had to register four birds on holes 1, 2, 17 and 18 which allowed him to end the day with a score of -4 and in total after the three days played -9 shots which place them in tenth place, just three sticks from the leaders.

The International Series Oman is an Asian Tour tournament and for its 2024 edition distributes two million dollars in prizes , almost two billion Chilean pesos. This monetary prize pool is split among all golfers who make the cut, with a higher percentage going to those who finish in the highest positions.

In this case, if Mito Pereira or Joaquín Niemann manage to lift the trophy on Sunday, they will receive a check for $360,000.

One of the signs of this tournament is the great impact that athletes from LIV Golf have had on this circuit with the aim of adding points to the world ranking, which the competition financed by Saudi Arabia does not do. Indeed, 21 of the 54 players from the Arab circuit came to compete in the Asian Tour event. .

This impact is reflected in the fact that Spaniard David Puig reached the top of the rankings on Thursday, while Torque GC member Mito Pereira took the top of the rankings on Friday. Now, this Saturday, the South African Louis Oosthuizen and the Mexican Carlos Ortiz, authors of rounds of 67 and 58 respectively, which placed them at 12 under par to be in the lead. Thus, seven of the first 11 players in the table come from LIV Golf.