{"id":461318,"date":"2022-06-11T22:08:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T19:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/charl-schwartzel-wins-inaugural-saudi-backed-liv-invitational\/"},"modified":"2022-06-11T22:08:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T19:08:06","slug":"charl-schwartzel-wins-inaugural-saudi-backed-liv-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/charl-schwartzel-wins-inaugural-saudi-backed-liv-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"#Charl Schwartzel wins inaugural Saudi-backed LIV Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a62105369\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a62105369\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/charl-schwartzel-wins-inaugural-saudi-backed-liv-invitational\/#%E2%80%9CCharl_Schwartzel_wins_inaugural_Saudi-backed_LIV_Invitational%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Charl Schwartzel wins inaugural Saudi-backed LIV Invitational&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCharl_Schwartzel_wins_inaugural_Saudi-backed_LIV_Invitational%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Charl Schwartzel wins inaugural Saudi-backed LIV Invitational&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>ST. ALBANS, England \u2014 Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel banked $4.75 million on Saturday by winning the richest tournament in golf history, while the event\u2019s Saudi backers faced renewed backlash after a 9\/11 victims\u2019 group called for American players to withdraw from the rebel <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartzel held on for a one-shot victory at the inaugural LIV Golf event outside London to secure the $4 million prize for the individual victory \u2014 along with another $750,000 from his share of the $3 million purse earned by his four-man Stinger team for topping the team rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartzel, the 2011 winner at Augusta National, collected more prize money from winning the three-day event than he had from the last four years combined. It came at a cost, though, having resigned his membership of the PGA Tour to play on the unsanctioned series without a waiver.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartzel had not won a PGA or European tour event since 2016.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF-LIV_-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Charl Schwartzel celebrates afters winning the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational.\" class=\"wp-image-22623490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF-LIV_-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF-LIV_-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF-LIV_-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF-LIV_-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Charl Schwartzel celebrates afters winning the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fellow South African Hennie Du Plessis, who was selected for Stinger by team captain Louis Oosthuizen in the draft, earned $2.875 million by finishing second at Centurion Club, located between Hemel Hempstead and St. Albans.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first of eight events in the first year of LIV Golf, which began against the backdrop of the PGA Tour banning players who signed up. The European tour has yet to comment on any sanctions for players who jumped to the series without its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Twenty players have now defected from the PGA Tour, with Patrick Reed the latest former Masters champion confirmed on Saturday as signing up to LIV Golf as the final round was being completed.<\/p>\n<p>However, the lucrative rewards for joining the series funded by Saudi Arabia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund have not been enough to entice any players ranked in the world\u2019s top 10.<\/p>\n<p>Reed, who has won almost $37 million in a decade on the PGA Tour, is ranked 36th. The 31-year-old American\u2019s only major win was the 2018 Masters.<\/p>\n<p>Having appeared at three Ryder Cups, where he has been one of the brashest characters on the American team, Reed\u2019s decision could see him ineligible for selection in the future.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AFP_32CB8NL.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Charl Schwartzel plays his shot on the 16th hole Saturday.\" class=\"wp-image-22623521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AFP_32CB8NL.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AFP_32CB8NL.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AFP_32CB8NL.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AFP_32CB8NL.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Charl Schwartzel  plays his shot on the 16th hole Saturday. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reed said he would make his debut on the second stop of the LIV Golf series in Portland, Oregon, on June 30-July 2.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Pat Perez, the 46-year-old American who is ranked 168th in the world, also joined the breakaway on Saturday, saying he wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> less after 21 years on the PGA Tour. He made no mention on the LIV live broadcast about the riches on offer.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s track record of human rights violations has sparked criticism from groups, including Amnesty International, that the country is \u201csportswashing\u201d its image by investing in signing up sports stars.<\/p>\n<p>For many in the United States,\u00a0Saudi Arabia will forever be associated with\u00a0the collapse of the World Trade Towers and the deaths of nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001. All but four of the 19 hijackers on 9\/11 were Saudi citizens, and the Saudi kingdom was the birthplace of Osama bin Laden, the head of al-Qaida and mastermind of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Terry Strada, the national chairperson of 9\/11 Families United, has sent a letter to representatives of LIV Golf stars\u00a0calling on them to reconsider their participation in the series. Her husband, Tom, died when a hijacked plane flew into the World Trade Center.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AFP_32CB8F7.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Charl Schwartzel examines his shot.\" class=\"wp-image-22623511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AFP_32CB8F7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AFP_32CB8F7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AFP_32CB8F7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AFP_32CB8F7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Charl Schwartzel examines his shot. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGiven Saudi Arabia\u2019s role in the death of our loved ones and those injured on 9\/11 \u2014 your fellow Americans \u2014 we are angered that you are so willing to help the Saudis cover up this history in their request for \u2018respectability,\u2019\u201d Strada wrote, accusing the players of betraying U.S. interests.<\/p>\n<p>Strada\u2019s letter was sent to agents for Reed as well as Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Kevin Na.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you partner with the Saudis, you become complicit with their whitewash, and help give them the reputational cover they so desperately crave \u2014 and are willing to pay handsomely to manufacture,\u201d Strada wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Saudis do not care about the deep-rooted sportsmanship of golf or its origins as a gentleman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> built upon core values of mutual respect and personal integrity. They care about using professional golf to whitewash their reputation, and they are paying you to help them do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victims\u2019 families are trying to hold Saudi Arabia accountable in New York, despite its government\u2019s insistence that any allegation of complicity in the terrorist attacks is \u201ccategorically false.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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ALBANS, England \u2014 Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel banked $4.75 million on Saturday by winning the richest tournament in golf history, while the event\u2019s Saudi backers faced renewed backlash after a 9\/11 victims\u2019 group called for American players to withdraw from the rebel series. 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