$6.71m: Schwartzel wins richest golf event amid Saudi outcry - Sydney Morning Herald

Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel won the richest tournament in golf history, while the event’s Saudi backers faced renewed backlash after a 9/11 victims’ group called for American players to withdraw from the rebel series.

Schwartzel entered the final day with a three-shot lead and did just enough to hold off Du Plessis despite finishing with a 2-over 72 for a 7-under total of 203. It is the first of eight events in t… [+3560 chars]

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