“The team aspect, it’s really cool to watch it out there" - Mito Pereira takes lead for Stingers GC, remains in the hunt for victory at LIV Golf

Chilean professional golfer Mito Pereira is having a great time at the Trump National Golf Club in LIV Golf DC. He did jump to the top of the leaderboard, until finally ending up at the third spot.

However, his efforts did help his team Torque GC to climb up the ladder in the leaderboard. Before the final round, Pereira said that both individual and team titles were his priority and he will look forward to it.

Speaking to the media he said:

"The team aspect, it's really cool to watch it out there. It's nice to have that in the background and just hope we can take the win again."

Mito Pereira is having trouble with allergy problems which had affected his performance in part.

Speaking on the same, he was confident that he would not have any performance issue in the tournament:

"It was really, really bad. I just tried to keep myself together and tried to play good and just take the allergy how it is."

Despite Mito Pereira's efforts, it was Harold Varner III of Stinger GC who claimed his first individual title. Although Pereira's team Torque GC did manage to claim their second LIV Golf title.

Who won the LIV Golf DC?

The LIV Golf DC at Trump National Golf Club saw a new winner in Harold Varner III. He maintained his lead since round 1 and finally clinched his first individual title. Here is the final leaderboard of the event:

1- Harold Varner III
2 - Branden Grace
3 - Mito Pereira
T4- Sebastian Munoz
T4 - Henrik Stenson
T6 - Louis Oosthuizen
T6 - Kevin Na
T6 - Andy Ogletree
T9 - Bryson DeChambeau
T9 - Cameron Tringale
T9 - Cameron Smith
T12 - David Puig
T12 - Carlos Ortiz
T12 - Brooks Koepka
T15 - Peter Uihlein
T15 - Dean Burmester
T15 - Talor Gooch
T18 - Graeme McDowell
T18 - Eugenio Chacarra
T18 -Laurie Canter
T18 -Pat Perez
T18 - Scott Vincent
T23 - Matt Jones
T23 - Richard Bland
T23 - Dustin Johnson
T23 - Brendan Steele
T23 - Martin Kaymer
T23 - Ian Poulter
T29 - Charl Schwartzel
T29 - Anirban Lahiri
T31 - Joaquin Niemann
T31 - Sergio Garcia
T31 - Charles Howell III
T31 - Bernd Wiesberger
T35 - Marc Leishman
T35 - Danny Lee
T35 - Lee Westwood
T35 - James Piot
T35 - Patrick Reed
40 -Bubba Watson
41 - Jediah Morgan
T42 - Chase Koepka
T42 - Abraham Ancer
44 - Phil Mickelson
45 - Sihwan Kim

Despite Jason Kokrak, Thomas Pieters, and Matthew Wolff withdrawing due to their respective injuries, their teams did manage to pull out some really good golf to earn some points.

However, it was Mito Pereira's heroics that helped Torque GC claim their second LIV Golf title and a paycheck of $3 million. Here is the final team leaderboard of the DC tournament:

1 - Torque GC
2 - Stinger GC
3 - RangeGoats GC
4 - Crushers GC
5 - Majesticks GC
6 - 4 Ace GC
7 - Cleeks GC
8 - Iron Heads GC
9 - Fireballs GC
10 - Hy Flyers HC
11 - Ripper GC
12 - Smash GC

The league will now move to Real Club Valderrama, Spain after a month's break. The LIV Golf Valderrama will commence on June 30.