Schwartzel latest major champ to skip Rio Games

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Charl Schwartzel of South Africa has told golf officials he will skip the Olympics.

The former Masters champion is the second South African in the past week to pull out of this summer’s Rio de Janeiro Games. Louis Oosthuizen previously cited family and scheduling issues.

Nine-time major winner Gary Player, South Africa’s Olympics golf captain, said in a tweet earlier Monday that he was “sad and disappointed” that several of …

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