On the course at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, north London, the South African returned a card at seven under par after three days of competition.
Schwartzel, who was one step ahead of his compatriot Hennie du Plessis, pocketed the check for 4 million dollars promised by LIV Golf to the winners of its tournaments.
"I made a big mistake on hole 12 which set me back, but all I had to do was keep calm and finish the job," commented the 2011 Masters winner. "I'm proud of the way I hung on, it's a great feeling."
South African Charl Schwartzel prepares to putt on the 15th green on the course in St Albans (England), on June 11, 2022, during the inaugural tournament of the dissident league of golf, supported by Saudi Arabia Adrian DENNIS AFP
With $25 million in prize money for each of the eight tournaments it has scheduled this year, the LIV, funded by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and headed by Australian golfing legend Greg Norman, is offering prize money far in excess of that who are in play on the US PGA Tour, which largely organizes professional golf.
Its creation set the "greens" on fire, the PGA Tour, the "historic" organizer of professional golf tournaments, taking action from the first day of the London tournament by excluding the 17 golfers present on the course from its own tournaments. from St. Albans, including Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson.
The LIV did not remain inert and announced the arrival of two new golfers, the Americans Bryson DeChambeau, winner of the US Open in 2020, and Patrick Reed, winner of the Masters in 2018. The general manager of the PGA Tour, Jay Monahan, warned that they would face the same sanction if they line up at the start of the next LIV-stamped tournament at the end of the month in Oregon.
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