PGA overnight: From quitting golf academy to the brink of a major, who is Mito Pereira?

Chilean isn't the only one preparing for the biggest Sunday of his pro career, with Waterford's Seamus Power six back of the leader at Southern Hills 

HOT STUFF: Chile's Mito Pereira makes his putt on the 18th in Saturday's third at the PGA Championship in Tulsa.

Tulsa, Oklahoma - WHO is Mito Pereira? Ready or not, the golf world is about to find out at the PGA Championship.

Only a year ago, the 27-year-old Chilean was playing on the Korn Ferry Tour before earning a mid-season battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour by winning three times in the same season on the developmental circuit. Now playing only his second career major, Pereira posted his third straight under-par round to stake himself to a three-shot lead at 9-under-par 201 at Southern Hills.