YEAR IN REVIEW: LIV Invitational Series shook the professional golf world to its roots in 2022

It was a tumultuous and controversial year for professional golf, largely owing to the rise of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit.

Each event had a total purse of $25-million, with the individual winner taking home a cool $4-million.

Schwartzel won the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational in London, with a one-shot victory over compatriot Hennie du Plessis. As a result of his win, combined with the all-South African Stinger GC winning the team competition, he netted $4.75-million, nearly double the $2.7-million Scottie Scheffler took home for winning the 2022 Masters.

Yet, despite success for a number of players financially, 2022 marked a decline for South African golf on the world stage. Schwartzel’s tie 10th finish at the Masters was the only top 10 in a major for a South African this year, and there are now just four players from South Africa inside the world’s top 100 — down from nine in February.

McIlroy won three times on the PGA tour and finished in the top eight of all four majors — although a first major championship title since 2014 eluded him.

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