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2021 Bermuda Championship: Top 10 power rankings at Port Royal GC

By Mike Randleman

Sep 26, 2021; Haven, Wisconsin, USA; Team Europe player Matt Fitzpatrick lines up his putt on the 17th green during day three singles rounds for the 43rd Ryder Cup golf competition at Whistling Straits. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 26, 2021; Haven, Wisconsin, USA; Team Europe player Matt Fitzpatrick lines up his putt on the 17th green during day three singles rounds for the 43rd Ryder Cup golf competition at Whistling Straits. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jul 31, 2021; Tokyo, Japan; PGA Mito Pereira talks to his caddy on the fourth hole during round three of the men’s individual stroke play of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Kasumigaseki Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 31, 2021; Tokyo, Japan; PGA Mito Pereira talks to his caddy on the fourth hole during round three of the men’s individual stroke play of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Kasumigaseki Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

Mito Pereira lit it up on the Korn Ferry Tour last season, picking up three wins to earn a battlefield promotion up to the PGA Tour. The last two came in back-to-back weeks this summer.

The rising Chilean star took the opportunity and ran, making four of six cuts and back-to-back top-sixes. That doesn’t include Pereira nearly medaling at the Olympics where he was in a seven-man playoff for the bronze medal.

He nearly locked up his 2022-23 PGA Tour card in the first event of 2021-22. The 26-year-old Texas Tech alum fired 67-67-70-68 to finish in third place and just one shot behind second at the Fortinet Championship.

Pereira tacked on two more top-40s as he prepares to make his Butterfield Bermuda Championship debut.

In the very early going this season, Pereira is second on the PGA Tour in strokes gained approach (1.422) and 16th in SG off the tee (.756).

His ball striking stats were solid on the KFT last season, too. Pereira checked in at 16th in greens in regulation (72.9%) and was 10th in total driving, which combines driving rank (61st) and accuracy rank (27th).

Putting is his admitted weakness. That’s pretty common for young players still honing in their touch on greens that tend to be unfamiliar.

Perhaps playing in an event where his competitors, at most, have only rolled the rock on these surfaces twice will help bring him back to the field.

“I would say ball striking is my strength. Off the tee, driver is good, too,” Pereira was transcribed by ASAP Sports in September. “Putting, I guess I have really good weeks and that’s why I’ve been having good results. I think if you can just, if I can putt well, the result will come. So I would say the strength is ball striking, but I can get some sneaky good weeks putting.”

Pereira and fellow countryman Joaquin Niemann could make a dynamic duo in Presidents Cups for years to come. Picking up a win at Port Royal would help his cause to make the team for the first time.

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