Harold Varner III, who left the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf in 2011, was refreshingly open about the reasons he chose the circuit led by Greg Norman and backed by Saudi Arabia. He noted that his family, and more importantly, his foundation, would benefit from this “financial break-through.”
The 32-year old will have more money after 54 holes this weekend just outside of the nation’s capitol.
Varner won his first event with LIV Golf in 2023 at Trump National, in Sterling, Virginia, the seventh of its seven events. The North Carolina native won by one stroke over Branden Grace and took home $4 million as the winner.
Mito Pereira was third with 10 under par, while Sebastian Munoz finished T-4 on 8 under. Andy Ogletree finished T-6 on Crushers GC as a replacement for Paul Casey.
@HV3_Golf takes the top step of the podium!#LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/kge5muJ2c4
— LIV Golf (@livgolf_league) May 28, 2023
Torque GC, led by Joaquin Niemann, won its second team title this season with a score of 27 under par. This was three shots better than Grace’s Stinger GC. Bubba Watson’s RangeGoats GC finished eight shots behind. Torque won LIV Golf Orlando.
Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship and his Smash GC was the only team to finish above par. Koepka finished T-12 with 5 under on the leaderboard.
The league will return to action on June 30th and July 2nd at Valderrama, Spain.
By: Adam Woodard
Title: Harold Varner III wins LIV Golf Washington D.C., Joaquin Niemann’s Torque GC earn second team victory
Sourced From: golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/05/28/liv-golf-washington-dc-leaderboard-harold-varner-joaquin-niemann/
Published Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 23:11:00 +0000
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