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Mito Pereira Talks 2022 PGA Championship Collapse: 'I Thought I Was Going to Win'

Mito Pereira was a single ball rotation away from a birdie on No. 17 and a two-stroke lead with one hole to play in Sunday's final round at the 2022 PGA Championship.

Now he will be the talk of the tournament because of his collapse.

Pereira still needed just a par on the final hole at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to win the tournament, but he hit his drive into the water, added a poor chip across the green and finished with a double-bogey to fall out of the lead.

"On 18, I wasn't even thinking about the water," he said, per Eric Bailey of the Tulsa World.