The biggest 支払う／賃金-day in the history of ゴルフ: Charl Schwartzel pockets £3.86MILLION by winning Saudi-支援するd LIV event まっただ中に （激しい）反発 from 9/11 犠牲者s' groups and 怒り／怒る from PGA

  • South African, 37, earned a one-一打／打撃 victory at Centurion Club in St Albans
  • The golfers competed both 個々に and as part of four 12-person teams?
  • Schwartzel?also won £609,000 ($750,000) for 存在 part of the winning team
  • He 認める that playing for the lucrative sum was 'never in my wildest dreams'
  • But his victory （機の）カム as US defectors （刑事）被告 of 'betraying' the 犠牲者s of 9/11
  • 9/11 Families 部隊d have sent scathing letter to golfers taking part in the event

By Jamie Phillips For Mailonline

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Charl Schwartzel has pocketed £3.86 million, ゴルフ's biggest ever prize マリファナ, after winning the 議論の的になる?Saudi-支援するd LIV ゴルフ tournament - as players have 直面するd 新たにするd （激しい）反発 from a 9/11 犠牲者s' groups

The South African, 37, won the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the series, at Centurion Club in St Albans, Hertfordshire, with a one-一打／打撃 victory.

Schwartzel, a former Masters 支持する／優勝者, also won a その上の £609,000 ($750,000) for 存在 part of the winning team - with players competing both 個々に and as part of a four-man team.

Speaking at the 贈呈, LIV ゴルフ 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある and former world number one Greg Norman said 'the 進化 of ゴルフ has arrived'.

And Schwartzel, receiving the トロフィー, 追加するd: 'Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think we could play for that much money in ゴルフ.

'As you could see I was taking a bit of heat 負かす／撃墜する the stretch and there was a lot of money 伴う／関わるd.'

Schwartzel's victory comes after?US golfers Patrick Reed, Bryson DeChambeau and Pat Perez 確認するd they will be joining the 小旅行する.

But the American defectors have been （刑事）被告 of 'betraying' the 犠牲者s of the 9/11 terror 残虐（行為） in a scathing letter from a 目だつ support group.

The furious message was sent 直接／まっすぐに to 代表者／国会議員s of Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, DeChambeau, Reed and Kevin Na, with the （人命などを）奪う，主張する that they have become 'complicit' in the 'whitewashing' of Saudi Arabia's 評判 by cashing in with the 議論の的になる LIV Invitational Series.

South Africa's Charl Schwartzel holds the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series trophy aloft on Saturday

South Africa's Charl Schwartzel 持つ／拘留するs the 就任の LIV ゴルフ Invitational Series トロフィー aloft on Saturday

Schwartzel (right) and second-placed Hennie Du Plessis (left), both members of the Stinger team, celebrate during the podium ceremony

Schwartzel (権利) and second-placed Hennie Du Plessis (left), both members of the Stinger team, celebrate during the podium 儀式

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Two-time major champion?Dustin Johnson tees off on the 18th hole during the final round of the event at?Centurion Club in St Albans, Hertfordshire

Two-time major 支持する／優勝者?Dustin Johnson tees off on the 18th 穴を開ける during the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the event at?Centurion Club in St Albans, Hertfordshire

Schwartzel?poses with the trophy and his wife Rosalind Jacobs and children after winning the inaugural event

Schwartzel?提起する／ポーズをとるs with the トロフィー and his wife Rosalind Jacobs and children after winning the 就任の event

Schwartzel has won?£3.86m for his individual victory, as well as a further £609,000 ($750,000) for being part of the winning team

Schwartzel has won?£3.86m for his individual victory, 同様に as a その上の £609,000 ($750,000) for 存在 part of the winning team

Saudi Public Investment Fund governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan speaks during day three of the tournament on Saturday

Saudi Public 投資 基金 知事 Yasir Al-Rumayyan speaks during day three of the tournament on Saturday

Phil Mickelson is among the golfers who have faced intense scrutiny over their decision to take part in the Saudi-backed tournament

Phil Mickelson is の中で the golfers who have 直面するd 激しい scrutiny over their 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 参加する the Saudi-支援するd tournament

In 特記する／引用するing Saudi Arabia's 目だつ 役割 in the terror attack, Terry Strada, the 議長，司会を務める of 9/11 Families 部隊d, wrote: 'Whether it was the 控訴，上告 of millions of dollars of hard cash, or just the 適切な時期 to 起訴する your professional grievances with the PGA, you have sold us out.

'This is a betrayal not only of us, but of all your countrymen.'

Strada, whose husband died in the attack, 追加するd: 'Our community wishes to 表明する our 乱暴／暴力を加える at your 共同 with LIV ゴルフ and remind you of the 責任／義務 that your new 商売／仕事 partner, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, shoulders for 供給するing the 財政上の support and logistical support that enabled the テロリストs to attack our nation and kill our loved ones.

'As you may know, Osama 貯蔵所 Laden and 15 of the 19 September 11 乗っ取り犯人s were Saudis. It is the Kingdom that has spent 20 years in 否定: lying about their activities, and cowar dly dodging the 責任／義務 they 耐える.

'Yet these are your partners, and much to our 失望, you appear pleased to be in 商売／仕事 with them.

'Given Saudi Arabia's 役割 in the death of our loved ones and those 負傷させるd on 9/11 -your fellow Americans- we are 怒り／怒るd that you are so willing to help the Saudis cover up this history in their request for 'respectability'. When you partner with the Saudis, you become complicit with their whitewash, and help give them the reputational cover they so 猛烈に crave- and are willing to 支払う／賃金 handsomely to 製造（する）.

'Please, do not 侮辱 our loved one's memories and take the pathetic position, as one of your foreign 同僚s did last week, （人命などを）奪う，主張するing you are 'just golfers playing a game' or blandly 扱う／治療するing the evils of the Saudi 政権 as 'human 権利s' 関心s. You are all Americans, 熱心に aware of the death and 破壊 of September 11.'

The letter （機の）カム as the start-up tournament has been hugely criticised as an 試みる／企てる at 'sportswashing' Saudi's （名声などを）汚すd 評判.

And the source of its wealth and its 衝撃 on the ゴルフ landscape, まっただ中に Saudi Arabia's human 権利s 記録，記録的な／記録する, has also come under の近くに scrutiny.

The Stinger GC team (L-R) Branden Grace of South Africa, Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa, Hennie du Plessis of South Africa and Charl Schwartzel of South Africa and family pose with the trophy

The Stinger GC team (L-R) Branden Grace of South Africa, Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa, Hennie du Plessis of South Africa and Charl Schwartzel of South Africa and family 提起する／ポーズをとる with the トロフィー

Ian Poulter also faced tough questions over his decision to join the lucrative start-up tournament

Ian Poulter also 直面するd 堅い questions over his 決定／判定勝ち（する） to join the lucrative start-up tournament

Barely half an hour into the first day of the 就任の event, the PGA 小旅行する 手渡すd out 不明確な／無期限の 中断s to 17 golfers who took part.

The DP World 小旅行する - 以前は the European 小旅行する - is yet to 発表する whether it will also 許可／制裁 players who have 調印するd up, but the PGA appear ありそうもない to get support from other 冒険的な 団体／死体s.

The LIV tournament, 支援するd by Saudi Arabia's 君主 wealth 基金 the PIF, featured a 54-穴を開ける 判型 with no 削減（する）s and a shotgun start where each group of three begins on a different 穴を開ける.?

同様に as the individual 一打／打撃 play 競争, 12 teams of four, chosen by captains at a pre-event 草案 and 誇るing 指名するs such as Stingers and Fireballs, competed for the prize マリファナ.

Schwartzel won the event, which 含むd just four of the world's 最高の，を越す 50 players, にもかかわらず bogeying the final 穴を開ける.

Finishing seven-under, he saw off fellow countrymen Hennie du Plessis and?Branden Grace - with around 100,000 watching live on YouTube.

One insider told the BBC: 'I wasn't sure we'd ever see a 発射 攻撃する，衝突する. But I think it now has 脚s and will 絶対 be a big part of the landscape of professional ゴルフ.?

'Lots of players who were on the 盗品故買者 would love to be 伴う／関わるd now.'

More players are 推定する／予想するd to be 明らかにする／漏らすd before the second tournament takes place in Portland later this month.?

Events will then follow in?New Jersey, Boston and Chicago.