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Charles Curtis

Mito Pereira’s disastrous tee shot on 18 into water blew his PGA Championship lead and golf fans felt for him

Poor Mito Pereira.

The golfer we were just getting to know this weekend who was in the lead at the PGA Championship through 17 holes on Sunday faced a challenge at No. 18 — with Will Zalatoris and Justin Thomas right behind him at 5-under, Pereira was one up on them.

But his tee shot on the difficult 18th found water. An awful, awful moment, but maybe he could bogey the hole somehow to get into a three-way tie and into the playoff.

His third shot after a drop? Way off the green.

He ended with a double bogey and out of the lead. And golf fans felt so bad for him:

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