Raul Pereda

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2019

International Victories (1)

• 2018 Banorte Tour Event 10

Personal

• Was hospitalized from December 31, 2019 until January 3, 2020 because of myocarditis, an inflammation in the heart.
• Grew up by a nine-hole golf course.
• Uses two different ball markers, one for short putts and one for long putts.

Special Interests

• Soccer, Netflix

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• The Championship at Echelon Golf Club (LOCALiQ Series): Had a solid week at Echelon GC, shooting three under-par rounds and improving each day to finish T2 with Isaiah Salinda and Alejandro Tosti, two shots behind winner Bryson Nimmer. Opened with a 71, followed that with a 66 and then closed with a best-of-the-day, 7-under 65.
• Estrella del Mar Open: Finished T3 at Estrella del Mar in Mazatlan in early March. Opened and closed with a pair of 64s, adding a second-round 66 and a third-round 65 that left him four shots behind runaway winner Alex Rocha. Highlight of his week was how he finished his first round, recording his first career PGA TOUR Latinoamerica ace. After making birdies on Nos. 13-16, drained his tee shot on the par-3 17th to put a punctuation on his 6-under run of holes.
• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Argentina: Shot 70-66 in the middle rounds at Canuelas GC in Buenos Aires in late-January, and that led to a T9 with two others. Earned exempt status for the first half of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season.

Career Highlights

2020 Season

• The Championship at Echelon Golf Club (LOCALiQ Series): Had a solid week at Echelon GC, shooting three under-par rounds and improving each day to finish T2 with Isaiah Salinda and Alejandro Tosti, two shots behind winner Bryson Nimmer. Opened with a 71, followed that with a 66 and then closed with a best-of-the-day, 7-under 65.
• Estrella del Mar Open: Finished T3 at Estrella del Mar in Mazatlan in early March. Opened and closed with a pair of 64s, adding a second-round 66 and a third-round 65 that left him four shots behind runaway winner Alex Rocha. Highlight of his week was how he finished his first round, recording his first career PGA TOUR Latinoamerica ace. After making birdies on Nos. 13-16, drained his tee shot on the par-3 17th to put a punctuation on his 6-under run of holes.
• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Argentina: Shot 70-66 in the middle rounds at Canuelas GC in Buenos Aires in late-January, and that led to a T9 with two others. Earned exempt status for the first half of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season.

2019 Season

Played in nine PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournaments during his rookies season, with a pair of top-20s in his six made cuts. Ended the season 88th on the Order of Merit.

• Bupa Match Play: Lost in the first round at Playa Paraiso GC, falling to Mito Pereira, 2 and 1.
• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Mexico: Shot a closing 54 of 69-66-69 at Estrella del Mar Golf & Beach to T17, good for conditional status for the season's first half of the schedule.

2018 Season

Made one PGA TOUR Latinoamerica start, finishing T42 at the Abierto Mexicano de Golf.

• Banorte Tour Event 10: At Club Campestre de León in León, Guanajuato, Mexico, shot 64-65-69 for a three-stroke win.

2016 Season

Missed the cut in his lone PGA TOUR Latinoamerica appearance.

2015 Season

Played in one PGA TOUR Latinoamerica tournament, missing the cut.

Amateur Highlights

• In June, competing at age 17, won the 2014 Mexican Tour event at Club Campestre de Puebla in Puebla, Mexico. Shot 13-under 203, with rounds of 67-69-67 for a three-shot win over Julián Valenciana.
• Earned the gold medal in the men's golf competition at the 2017 University Games at Sunrise G&CC in Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei. Finished at 16-under 200, with rounds of 64-69-67, defeating silver medalist Kazuki Higa of Japan and Chinese Taipei’s Yung Hua Liu (bronze).
• Earned the silver medal in the men's golf competition at the 2018 Central America and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia. Shot 11-under 277 with rounds of 69-67-71-70 to trail gold medalist Marcelo Rozo of Colombia by 13 strokes.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2020