LIV golfer Harold Varner III charged with driving while impaired

LIV Golf League golfer Harold Varner III was arrested on a cost of driving whereas impaired in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday, in keeping with Mecklenburg County court docket information.

Varner, 33, was arrested at 7:24 p.m. ET Thursday and charged with misdemeanor driving whereas impaired. In keeping with court docket information, police stated Varner’s blood alcohol content material was 0.16%, twice the authorized restrict of 0.08% in North Carolina.

He was launched on $500 bond and is scheduled to seem in Mecklenburg County District Courtroom on Jan. 19.

Varner grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, and lives in Charlotte. The previous East Carolina star turned professional in 2012. He made 191 begins on the PGA Tour, incomes about $10.7 million, earlier than leaping to LIV Golf in August 2022. He reportedly obtained a assured contract value $15 million from the Saudi Arabian-financed circuit.

This previous season, Varner earned one other $4 million when he received the person competitors at LIV Golf’s match exterior Washington, D.C., his first victory on that tour. He additionally tied for twenty ninth within the Masters and PGA Championship.

Earlier this month, Varner moved from captain Bubba Watson‘s RangeGoats GC squad to Dustin Johnson‘s 4Aces.