Raul Pereda has had a tough rookie season on the PGA Tour.
It obtained even worse on Saturday morning on the Bermuda Championship, the place Pereda was disqualified after not returning to Port Royal Golf Course to complete his second spherical, in accordance with a Tour media official.
Pereda was 2 over and 4 pictures off the minimize line with two holes to play when Spherical 2 was suspended on Friday night as a consequence of darkness.
It’s been an extended yr for the 28-year-old Pereda, who’s from Cordoba, Mexico, and performed his school golf at Jacksonville College. He earned his PGA Tour card by way of the ultimate stage of Q-College final yr, the place he was the fifth and last participant to earn standing. Nevertheless, Pereda, like most of the gamers within the reorder class, struggled to get begins early within the season. He performed only one occasion in February and 7 whole earlier than the primary reshuffle, which got here after Masters week.
In 23 begins now, Pereda has made the minimize simply 3 times. His greatest end is a T-42 on the Puerto Rico Open, and he’s projected to drop to No. 218 in FedExCup factors coming into subsequent week’s fall finale, the RSM Basic.
Pereda’s DQ is the second on the PGA Tour in as many weeks. Eventually week’s World Vast Know-how Championship, Mexico’s Emilio Gonzalez was disqualified for “critical misconduct opposite to the spirit of the sport.”
