Individual event winner, runner-up in group event Grace, won 5.67 billion won in prize money
A South African player also won the second tournament of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, which was launched with Saudi Arabian capital on its back.
At the LIV Golf Invitational Series Portland Tournament, which ended on the 3rd (Korean time) at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (par 72) in North Plains, Oregon, USA, South Africa’s Brendan Grace took the lead with a final total of 13 under par 203.
Grace, who is ranked 128th in the world rankings, has two wins on the US PGA Tour and nine wins on the European Tour (now DP World Tour), is one of the players who withdrew from the PGA Tour to participate in the LIV series.
After finishing third in the first tournament held in England last month, his team won a large amount of money in the team event.
In a team match with Henni du Plessi, Louis Usthisen and Schwartzl (above South Africa), Grace also took second place in the team match and received a cash prize of $375,000.
Grace’s total prize money for this tournament is 4.375,000 dollars, or 5.67 billion Korean won.
In the LIV series, a new golf tour that appeared under the auspices of Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (PIF), a South African player lifted the individual trophy one following another following Schwartzl in the first tournament.
Grace started the game in 3rd place, two shots behind the joint leaders Dustin Johnson (USA) and Carlos Ortiz (Mexico) until the second round, and achieved the comeback victory by reducing seven strokes.
Grace, who took the lead with Ortiz with a birdie on the 13th hole (par 4), took one more shot on the 15th hole (par 4) and went out, thanks to a birdie who chipped in the rough around the green on the 16th hole (par 4). He was ahead by two strokes.
Grace solidified her victory by making a birdie on the 17th hole (par 5).
Ortiz had to be content with a two-shot runner-up (11-under 205), followed by Johnson with a final total of 9-under.
Johnson, the flagship of LIV Golf, teamed up with Patrick Reed, Taylor Gucci and Pat Perez (USA) to win the team event.
The team winners will receive $750,000 each.
Reed, the winner of the 2018 Masters, made a successful LIV debut by finishing 9-under par with Johnson in the individual event.
Similarly, long hitter Bryson Dishambo (USA), who made his first appearance in the LIV series, lost one stroke on the last day and placed 10th with a final total of 2 under par.
Brooks Kepka (USA) finished his LIV debut in even par 20th.
Schwartzl, the winner of the first round, finished 39th with an 8-over, and Phil Mickelson (USA) finished 42nd with a 10-over.
Main Stage of the PGA Tour, which is a conflicting relationship The LIV series, which held its first competition in the United States, will continue its competitions in the United States such as Bedminster, New Jersey, at the end of this month, Boston, Massachusetts, and Chicago, Illinois, in September.
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