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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Phil Mickelson is seeking a permission from the PGA Tour to join the likes of Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen and play in the first event of Greg Norman’s Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational event, which is scheduled to take place at the Centurion Club in Hertfordshire from June 9-11. The 51-year-old American, who has not played competitively since the Saudi Invitational in February, missed the Masters in April as he took a break from the game […]
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Louis Oosthuizen saw his lead cut to just one shot heading into the final day at the 149th Open Championship at Royal St George’s, but the 38-year-old South African remains the bookies’ favourite to capture a second Claret Jug. What is traditionally called ‘Moving Day’ proved anything but for the leaders, with the top three at the half-way stage remaining as they were after an attritional afternoon on the Kent links, with the R&A setting up the course to prevent […]
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Louis Oosthuizen saw his lead cut to just one shot heading into the final day at the 149th Open Championship at Royal...
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Louis Oosthuizen set a new record for the lowest 36-hole total at The Open Championship when the 37-year-old South African added a second round 65 to his opening 64 to lead the tournament by two shots at the half-way stage. On a day of low scoring at a sunny Royal St George’s, Oosthuizen pulled three clear with an eagle at the par-five 14th, but his first bogey of tournament at the 15th, followed by three pars saw his lead cut […]
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