11 JUNE, 2022 - SHANK MEDIA, BY MATT HOOPER: Charl Schwartzel MADE HISTORY ON SATURDAY EVENING AT THE CENTURION CLUB WHEN HE HELD OFF COMPATRIOTS HENNIE DU PLESSIS AND Branden Grace TO WIN THE FIRST EVER LIV GOLF EVENT - THE LONDON INVITATIONAL.
SCHWARTZEL CLAIMED HIS FIRST WIN IN 6 YEARS (2016 TSHWANE OPEN) WITH A FINAL ROUND OF 72 TO FINISH THE WEEK AT -7 ON A COURSE WHICH TESTED EVERY FACET OF THE GAME, AND WILL SURELY BE SEEN AS GOOD PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK'S US OPEN BY THOSE IN THE FIELD FOR THE YEAR'S THIRD MAJOR. SCHWARTZEL STUMBLED AT TIMES IN HIS FINAL ROUND, BUT ALWAYS HAD THE LEAD AND IT WAS AT ITS NARROWEST ON THE 54TH HOLE OF THE TOURNAMENT, WHEN HE MADE BOGEY AT THE 18TH, BUT HIS PLAYING PARTNER AND TEAM MATE DU PLESSIS COULD NOT FIND A BIRDIE TO TAKE IT TO EXTRA TIME.
REMARKABLY, THE South African TRIO TOOK FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD IN THE INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT, AND THE STINGERS GC (CAPTAINED BY FELLOW South Africa, Louis Oosthuizen) MARCHED TO VICTORY IN THE TEAM TOURNAMENT WITH A COMMANDING 14-SHOT ADVANTAGE OVER THE CRUSHERS GC (UHLEIN, BLAND, KHONGWATMAI, SMYTH).
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
CHARL SCHWARTZEL -7
HENNIE DU PLESSIS -6
BRANDEN GRACE -5
PETER UIHLEIN -5
SAM HORSFIELD -3
OLIVER BEKKER -2
ADRIAN OTAEGUI -2
DUSTIN JOHNSON -1
TALOR GOOCH E
LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN +1
THE SECOND EVENT OF LIV GOLF IN 2022 TAKES PLACE AT PUMPKIN RIDGE IN OREGON, USA June 30-July 2
