LIV Golf’s DP World Tour dominance continues as ex-Open champ becomes latest winner
Various LIV Golf stars have gotten back to the DP World Visit through co-endorsed occasions lately, and the returning players have appreciated a lot of progress
Louis Oosthuizen has turned into the most recent LIV Golf star to win on the DP World Visit, after the South African won on home soil at the Alfred Dunhill Title.
Oosthuizen fended off individual LIV part, and Stingers GC colleague Charl Schwartzel to win the occasion at Panther Rivulet by two shots. The South African was back in DP World Visit activity for the second time in two months, with the occasion co-endorsed with the Daylight Visit.
The previous Open boss struggled his direction into dispute during Saturday’s third round, checking a flawless nine-under-standard 63 to guarantee he imparted the lead to partner Schwartzel heading into the last 18 holes.
Oosthuizen’s delegated was then postponed during the Sunday’s booked last day of play, as the field had to return on Monday because of serious climate admonitions. The following morning, the South African got back to card a three-under 69 to guarantee he handled his tenth DP World Visit crown.
The previous Claret Container champ’s triumph was the most recent for the returning LIV stars, with players from the breakaway association winning four of the last five DP World Visit occasions. Dean Burmester, a fellow Stingers GC star, won the Joburg Open late last month before winning the SA Open the following week.
LIV were also making a name for themselves in Australia that weekend when Torque captain Joaquin Niemann won the Australian Open, an event that was co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia. After that, Oosthuizen picked up his fourth victory on Monday, making it a memorable run for the Saudi-backed series.
Since Min Woo Lee won his home PGA Championship in Australia the same week that Burmester was crowned champion in Johannesburg, the LIV group could very well have completed a sweep. As things stand the DP World Visit is proceeding to adopt a straightforward strategy to the LIV arrangement.
In April they were conceded the ability to fine and suspend any of individuals picked to tee it up on the breakaway association. This saw some of its greatest names hand in their Visit cards, including European stalwarts Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood.
In spite of this various players from the LIV program have had the option to get back to the DP World Visit’s South African and Australian swing lately on account of co-endorsing with the Daylight Visit and PGA Visit through Australasia, as well as competition welcomes.
A gathering of the European-based Visit’s players likewise entered LIV’s Advancement occasion in Abu Dhabi last end of the week, with three spots on the 2024 LIV program available to all. Players were informed that they would face sanctions for competing in the Middle East after the DP World Tour reaffirmed their position on the breakaway league.
This won’t make any difference to one Visit part however, as Finnish star Kalle Samooja beat the competition in the Q-School occasion to procure a put on the Saudi-upheld series for 2024. Somewhere else, Samooja was joined by Jinichiro Kozuma and Kieran Vincent who got their spot through a season finisher.
