Sweden’s Linn Grant made history in front of her home fans as she stormed to a stunning nine-shot victory at the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed to become the first female winner of a DP World Tour event. The 22-year-old Swede produced a nerveless display of frontrunning on Sunday to keep a host of DP World Tour stars at bay and claim her third Ladies European Tour title in just six starts this season. Grant did not put a foot wrong […]
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A tournament that started out by creating a fundamental schism in world golf ended with Charl Schwartzel securing the world’s richest ever individual prize, with the South African pocketing $4m after winning the inaugural event of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational Series held at Centurion Club in Hertfordshire. Schwartzel, who famously won the Masters back in 2011, has endured a tough time of late, having not won since 2016 and with a wrist injury causing him to slip down the […]
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Charl Schwartzel will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the LIV Golf Invitational London event at Centurion Club, where 48 players are competing for a prize fund of $20m and a first prize of $4m. If the 40-year-old South African can keep his head in front, he will win almost a quarter of his entire career earnings for just three days work. His bank balance will be boosted by a further $750,000 if his team, the Stingers, […]
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Big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau has become the latest player to switch their allegiance from the PGA Tour to the LIV Golf Series after the 28-year-old former US Open champion finally confirmed that he has joined the Saudi-funded tour after several days of speculation. DeChambeau will join the series starting from the second event, which he being held at Pumpkin Ridge GC in Portland, Oregon, USA from July 1-3. Speaking about his latest recruit, LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman said: “Bryson DeChambeau is an exciting […]
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Charl Schwartzel and his Stinger GC teammate Hennie du Plessis own the top two spots on the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational London leaderboard after Thursday’s first round at Centurion Club. Schwartzel shot a 5-under 65 on the par-70 course, blistering Centurion’s back nine in 6-under 30 to take the first-round lead. Du Plessis posted three birdies in a four-hole stretch early in his round to shoot 4-under 66 and is alone in second. Not only did the two South Africans […]
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