With the third round of play at the PGA Championship winding down, we could be heading for a surprising result.
As of early Saturday evening, Santiago, Chile, native Mito Pereira leads the field at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 6-under par, one stroke ahead of Bubba Watson. His score was as low as 10-under during the round, largely thanks to a brilliant 6-under performance in Round 2 on Friday.
Pereira is 27 years old, in his first season as a member of the PGA Tour and was a largely unknown player before this weekend’s tournament. But if he can hold on to what is currently a four-stroke lead, he’ll be the biggest topic of conversation in the game of golf.
