BEDMINSTER, NJ – Henrik Stenson’s decision expense him his European Ryder Cup captaincy as he won the LIV Golf Invitational in Bedminster on Sunday and took house a lot more than $4 million in excess of a few times of motion.
With a 3-shot lead getting into the 3rd and last spherical at Trump National, Stenson opened with a 20-foot birdie putt and failed to allow everyone to get nearer than 2 the relaxation of the way.
Matthew Wolfe (64) and Dustin Johnson shut the final gap with a 68 for a 2-shot victory with a 2-beneath 69.
Stenson invested five yrs beating 20-plus players to defeat the industry, profitable $4 million and using dwelling $375,000 more when his group finished second.
The major payout — noted to be about $50 million, not such as a signing reward — comes a lot less than two months after the 46-calendar year-outdated Swede made a decision to be a part of the Saudi-funded LIV golfing collection.
Stenson pledged his complete guidance to the European Tour when he was Ryder Cup captain and marcher, and when the Tour altered his intellect 4 months later, he was sacked.
“I assume I am going to engage in as the captain and we can get along,” Stenson stated on the LIV Golf telecast after finishing 11-less than 202.
“It really is a good first 7 days,” Stenson stated, opting not to participate if the LIV-paid out broadcaster felt confident of victory.
“It can be been a fast paced 10 days. I’m happy to have labored as tough as I did,” he claimed.
Stenson received the Hero Environment Challenge in the Bahamas in December 2019, a holiday celebration hosted by Tiger Woods in a 20-male subject. Ahead of that, he received the Windham Championship in 2017. And even if he feels the force at the very last moment, it doesn’t constantly feel like it.
Stenson holed an 8-foot birdie putt on the 14th for a 3-shot lead with four holes remaining, two with par 5s. But it took four to get still left of the green on the par-5 15th. Just after two holes, Stenson produced a 10-footer to consider a 2-shot guide on the par-5 closing hole.
“The cushion on 17 was huge to make it to the end,” Stenson reported.
Johnson has now finished eighth, fourth and next in all a few LIV golf events. His workforce “4 Aces” won the final two periods, shelling out $ 750,000 to every single participant. In the a few events considering the fact that Johnson’s claimed $150 million signing price, the two-time key champion has earned much more than $5.2 million on the system.
Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz (68) completed fourth and Patrick Reed (69) fifth.
Phil Mickelson shot an even par 71, making it only the next time Mickelson has scored at or greater in 9 rounds of LIV golf. He concluded 35th.
The LIV Golfing Sequence is off for a thirty day period in the course of the FedEx Cup playoffs on the PGA Tour, returning an hour west of Boston on Labor Working day weekend and enjoying two weeks afterwards in suburban Chicago.
