South Africa lands richest golf event

The news comes after South African Charl Schwartzel’s US Masters victory on Sunday and fellow countryman Louis Oosthuizen’s Open win at St Andrews last July.

The event will be the second WGC event to be staged outside the United States next year, the other is the HSBC Champions in China.

“There is undoubtedly more respect now for international golfers and especially South Africans,” Tindall claimed. “The Federation of Tours began the World Golf Championships in 1987 but there is only one outside America. The timing was critical, the opportunity won’t be there for us again.”