TULSA — Saturday’s game at South Hills felt more like the third round of the British Open than the PGA Championship, with 60-plus temperatures and a breeze blowing away any chance of a super-low score. Chile’s Mito Pereira had a 1-under 69 to go from one behind to three with 18 holes to play.
If you were surprised that Pereira, 27, from Chile, was the 54-hole leader in Oklahoma, you would be surprised. After all, in his career prior to this week, he had only played in 27 PGA Tour events and had finished in the top 10 only three times. His best performance in 2022 is a tie for 13th at the Valero Texas Open. But at 68-64-69, Pereira is looking to win his first PGA Tour major.
Pereira will be playing alongside another golfer who is looking for his first PGA Tour victory and first major for the final duo on Sunday. But England’s Matt Fitzpatrick, who is three shots behind the lead, has seven DP World Tour victories and is only two golfers with three under-par rounds at the PGA Championship. one.
Just before them, there were two other players looking for their first PGA Tour victory (did you feel the theme here?): Will Zalatoris and Cameron Young. Zara Torres had a 36-hole lead before shooting a 3-over 73 on Saturday before trailing by three. With a 3-under 67, Young jumped up the leaderboard, rising from a tie for 10th to fourth.
Here are all the duos at South Hills on Sunday.
8 a.m. – Maverick McNealy, Sepp Straka
8:09 a.m. – Robert McIntyre, Patton Kizil
8:18 a.m. – Jason Cockerack, Billy Horschel
8:27 a.m. – Adam Hadwin, Thomas Peters
8:36am – Beau Hossler, Si Woo Kim
8:45am – Justin Harding, Jon Rahm
8:55am – Colin Morikawa, Kevin Streman
9:05am – Francisco Molinari, Kramer Hickok
9:15am – Louis Oosthuizen, Shaun Norris
9:25 a.m. – Lanto Griffin, Charles Schwarzer
9:35am – Keith Mitchell, Mark Leishman
9:45am – Cameron Davis, Hideki Matsuyama
9:55am – Tony Finau, Viktor Hovland
10:05 am – Danny McCarthy, Jordan Spieth
10:15 a.m. – Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
10:25 a.m. – Troy Merritt, Adam Schenk
10:45 a.m. – Brian Harman, Luke Lester
10:55 a.m. – Harold Varner III, Brooks Koepka
11:05 AM — Bernd Wiesberger, Talor Gooch
11:15am – KH Lee, Shane Lowry
11.25am – Rokuya Hoshino, Russell Henry
11:35am – Tyrell Hatton, Sebastian Munoz
11:45 a.m. – Cameron Tringle, Patrick Reed
11:55 AM — Aaron Wise, Rickie Fowler
12:05 PM – Laurie Kantor, Justin Rose
12:15 PM – Matt Kuchar, Lucas Glover
12:25 PM – Joaquin Nyman, Cameron Smith
12:35pm – Brendan Steele, Kevinner
12:45 PM – Adri Arnaus, Rory McIlroy
12:55 PM – Ryan Fox, Tom Hogg
1:05 p.m. – Zander Schauffele, Tommy Fleetwood
1:15pm – Chris Kirk, Davis Riley
1:25pm – Sam Burns, Gary Woodland
1.35pm – Lucas Herbert, Max Homa
1:55pm – Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson
2:05pm – Stuart Cink, Justin Thomas
2.15pm – Abraham Ancer, Seamus Power
2:25 p.m. — Will Zalatoris, Cameron Young
2:35pm – Mito Pereira, Matthew Fitzpatrick
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