Mito Pereira

Mito Pereira was one of the first great Chilean golfers. As a 17-year-old amateur he won the Chilean Professional Tour’s Abierto Internacional de Las Brisas de Chicureo in 2013 and then attended Texas Tech University where he reached a World Amateur Golf Ranking of #5 in August 2015 before turning pro.

Pereira started his pro career on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica and briefly led the Order of Merit when only 19-years-old, ranking third at the end of his rookie year, and earning a promotion to the Web.com Tour (Korn Ferry Tour) in 2017. In 2021 he won three times on the Korn Ferry Tour, earning automatic promotion to the US PGA Tour.

Internationally Pereira won a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan American Games and finished in a tie for the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics although he lost out in a 7-man play-off.

Pereira was well known for leading the 2022 US PGA Championship at Southern Hills CC in Tulsa, Oklahoma after three rounds by three shots, but he double-bogeyed the 72nd hole to miss out on a play-off and finished in a tie for third. Later that year he represented the International Team at the 2022 Presidents Cup.

In 2023 Pereira left the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf. He struggled on that tour and was relegated after the 2024 season and in December 2025, Pereira announced his retirement from professional golf.