US EditionMito Pereira Was One Hole Away From Winning a Major. Three Years Later the Chilean Is Retiring
Mito Pereira retires after earning over $11.5 million in three LIV Golf League seasons to focus on family and personal life in Chile.
- On Dec 22, 2025, Mito Pereira announced his retirement from professional golf on Instagram, saying `After many years connected to this beautiful sport, priorities naturally evolve.`
- Pereira said his primary reason was to stop constant travel, return to Chile, and focus on his personal life, as Chile is his place and family his reason for being.
- Pereira, who joined LIV Golf League in 2023, earned just over $11.5 million in three seasons, and his manager said three weeks ago he broke his collarbone and awaited fitness.
- He added that the time has come to pause, writing `Now, the time has come to pause` and saying he feels prepared for what lies ahead, but Pereira did not indicate future plans.
- Pereira is best known for his 2022 PGA Championship collapse, nearly winning at Southern Hills before a final-hole double bogey cost him the title to Justin Thomas, matching Phil Mickelson's 2006 major loss.
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Mito Pereira was one hole away from winning a major. Three years later the Chilean is retiring
Mito Pereira is retiring from golf and going home to Chile.
“Proud of the road I walked. Thanks to those who accompanied me on it,” he began by saying in a letter this Monday Mito Pereira. Thus, the 30-year-old golfer, who grazed the Olympic medal in Tokyo 2020 and spectacular performance in the PGA Championship 2022, withdrew early from the activity, a news rumored in the last few weeks after losing the category in the LIV Golf. During this day, he addressed extensively the reasons why he decided to lea…
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