# Mito Pereira

Guillermo "Mito" Pereira Hinke (born 31 March 1995) is a Chilean professional golfer who plays in the LIV Golf League.

## Amateur career

Pereira was runner-up at the 2006 Optimist International Junior Golf Championship (boys 10-11 division), and won the 2008 Optimist International Junior Golf Championship (boys 12-13 division). He was runner-up at the 2010 Junior Open Championship at Lundin Golf Club in Fife, Scotland.
In 2013, at the age of 17, he won the Chilean Professional Tour's Abierto Internacional de Las Brisas de Chicureo, shooting 70-70-70 to win by one stroke over professionals Nico Geyger and Cristián León.
Pereira attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock and played one year of college golf with the Red Raiders in 2014–15; he reached No. 5 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking in August 2015 before deciding to turn pro.

## Professional career

Pereira turned professional in the second half of 2015 and joined the 2016 PGA Tour Latinoamérica, where he won the Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC and managed to reach the top-spot of the Order of Merit, to become the youngest player ever ranked No. 1. In addition to his victory, he had two runner-up finishes and four further top-10s in 18 starts and ended the season ranked No. 3 on the Order of Merit, earning promotion to the 2017 Web.com Tour where his best finish was T3 at the Nashville Golf Open.
At the 2019 U.S. Open, he qualified for his first major, but did not make the cut. At the 2019 Pan American Games, Pereira won the bronze medal in the men's individual competition.
On the 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour, he won the Country Club de Bogotá Championship in February 2020. With back to back victories at the Rex Hospital Open and BMW Charity Pro-Am in June 2021, he earned an instant promotion to the PGA Tour. He became just the 12th player in the developmental tour's 32-year history to earn the automatic three-win promotion, and the first since Wesley Bryan in 2016. In August 2021, Pereira finished in a tie for 3rd place at the Olympic Games. He lost in a 7-man playoff for the bronze medal.
At the 2022 PGA Championship, he entered the final round with a three-shot lead over Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick, at 9-under-par. However, he struggled throughout the day, and reached the par-4 18th hole at Southern Hills at 6-under, with a one stroke lead over Zalatoris and Justin Thomas. Having missed his birdie putt at 17 by mere inches, he was aggressive off the tee, ultimately finding the right hand side creek, leading to a double bogey. He ended up tied for third place, as Thomas defeated Zalatoris in a playoff. Pereira was the third player over the previous 20 years to double-bogey the 72nd hole in a major and finish one shot out of a playoff; Phil Mickelson and Colin Montgomerie both did it at the 2006 U.S. Open.
Pereira qualified for the International team at the 2022 Presidents Cup; he played three matches, tying one and losing two.
In February 2023, it was announced that Pereira joined LIV Golf and will participate as a team member of Torque GC, alongside team captain and fellow Chilean Joaquín Niemann.

## Personal life

Pereira appears in the sports documentary series Full Swing, which premiered on Netflix on February 15, 2023.

## Amateur wins

* 2008 Optimist International Junior Golf Championship
* 2013 Golden Cup, Abierto Las Brisas de Santo Domingo, Abierto Las Araucarias, Los Leones Amateur, Campeonato de Chile Match Play, Abierto Las Brisas De Chicureo
* 2014 Abierto de Marbella, Abierto de Granadilla, Abierto Las Brisas de Santo Domingo, Abierto La Posada, Campeonato Internacional de Aficionados Copa Carlos Raffo, Los Leones Amateur, Campeonato de Aficionados de Chile - Match Play
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## Professional wins (13)
### Korn Ferry Tour wins (3)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 9 Feb 2020 | Country Club de Bogotá Championship | −20 (65-66-68-64=263) | 2 strokes | Ben Kohles |
| 2 | 6 Jun 2021 | Rex Hospital Open | −21 (62-67-67-67=263) | Playoff | Stephan Jäger |
| 3 | 13 Jun 2021 | BMW Charity Pro-Am | −27 (65-63-66-64=258) | 4 strokes | Justin Lower |
Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
| 1 | 2021 | Huntsville Championship | Paul Barjon, Billy Kennerly | Barjon won with eagle on third extra hole |
| 2 | 2021 | Rex Hospital Open | Stephan Jäger | Won with birdie on first extra hole |

### PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 16 Oct 2016 | Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC | −16 (64-67-70-63=264) | 5 strokes | Tom Whitney |

### TPG Tour wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 25 Nov 2018 | Andrés Romero Invitational | −11 (71-66-68=205) | 2 strokes | Paulo Pinto |

### Chilean Tour wins (8)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 28 Sep 2013 | Abierto Las Brisas de Chicureo (as an amateur) | −6 (282) | 1 stroke | Nicolás Geyger, Cristián León |
| 2 | 13 Sep 2015 | Abierto de Marina Golf Rapel | −9 (70-65=135) | 4 strokes | Lucas Morandé |
| 3 | 19 Dec 2015 | Abierto del Club de Polo | −9 (70-68-69=207) | 4 strokes | Juan Cerda |
| 4 | 10 Jan 2016 | Abierto de Cachagua | −12 (65-68-71=204) | 4 strokes | Juan Cerda, Gabriel Morgan-Birke |
| 5 | 26 Nov 2017 | Abierto Hacienda Chicureo | −13 (72-66-65=203) | 5 strokes | Gustavo Silva |
| 6 | 6 Jan 2019 | Abierto de Cachagua (2) | −23 (64-67-62=193) | 7 strokes | Joaquín Niemann |
| 7 | 19 Jan 2019 | Abierto Marbella | −24 (64-67-65-68=264) | 3 strokes | Juan Cerda |
| 8 | 27 Jan 2019 | Abierto Rocas de Santo Domingo | −19 (67-64-67-71=269) | 3 strokes | Mark Tullo |

## Playoff record

Other playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
| 1 | 2019 | Pan American Games | José Toledo, Fabrizio Zanotti | Zanotti won with birdie on first extra hole |

## Results in major championships

| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Masters Tournament | | | | T43 |
| PGA Championship | | | T3 | T18 |
| U.S. Open | CUT | | CUT | CUT |
| The Open Championship | | NT | CUT | |
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

## Results in The Players Championship

| Tournament | 2022 |
| The Players Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut

## Team appearances

Amateur
* Eisenhower Trophy (representing Chile): 2014
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Professional
* Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2022