The Chileans played the first round of the tournament which opens the North American tour playoffs, in what was Pereira’s debut in this case. While the Pirque native closed with three under par, the Talagan man finished with +1.
The PGA Qualifiers kicked off this Thursday at St Jude and the Chileans have already signed their first rounds after a busy and emotional day. While Niemann took the field early and hit a +1 card, Mito Pereira had a brilliant run in the afternoon, finishing three under par and high in the tournament.
A special day, especially for Pirque, as he not only dazzled at TPC Southwind, but also for the first time, he reached the PGA playoffs . In his rookie season, he continues to score points in a dream year, where he has already made a name for himself among the best in the world.
Something that clearly demonstrated this Thursday. He started on the 10th hole and quickly deducted strokes from his total. input he put birdies in 13, 15 and 16 climbing with momentum in a chart that already displayed at this time of the afternoon a resounding -8 at its peak.
He even discarded the first hole again, but after that birdie came the first penalty of the day, again remaining at three under par. The positive point is that after this bogey, the Chilean did not lose the north and managed to keep the score for close among the 35 best brands of the day . The most likely is that we will have the Chilean in the squad playing at the weekend.
Niemann shone, but couldn’t follow
A few hours before Mito’s performance, it was Niemann who represented Chile at TPC Southwind. Early in the morning he started on the tee of the 10th hole and the first sensations suggested that Joaco was going to be one of the great protagonists of the day.
The Chilean started strong, score four birdies on the first seven flags . At this time of day, Niemann was making the best round of the tournament, which unfortunately suddenly changed on the 17th hole of the course. It was a par four that didn’t look complicated on paper and where in fact the winner of the Genesis Open got to the green without too much trouble. It eventually ended with a triple bogey that abruptly changed its card.
This slippage was a blow from which he could not recover throughout the day, leaving behind him this moment of greatness that he had reached at the start. This, since in the last nine flags of the round, the Chilean did not find a way to overcome the demands of the terrain and closed with three bogeys and a birdie . One over par after the first 18 holes.
A balance that keeps you in the lower part of the board, but without too much concern, since their presence in the second tournament of these playoffs is assured . What happened in Memphis is a warm-up to getting to the final playoff events in the best possible way.
Other big names in the field include Cameron Smith (-3), Collin Morikawa (-3), Justin Thomas (-3) and Scottie Scheffler (+1). The tournament leaders are Si Woo Kin and JJ Spaun with -8 on their cards.
It should be remembered that the PGA Playoffs consist of three events, which start in St Jude with 125 players and then continue to the BMW Championship, where the 70 golfers with the best annual record will play a ranking to be part of the TOUR Championship. , the latest and most important tournament. We will finally know the winner of the FedEx Cup.
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