LIV Golf’s Harold Varner III arrested and booked with unfortunate DWI charge

LIV Golfer Harold Varner III found himself in a tough spot this holiday season after his arrest surfaced on the internet.

Harold Varner III made the news this week after the LIV golfer was arrested in Charlotte, N.C., for driving while impaired.

The records show that around 7:30 p.m., Varner was put into custody after he failed the breathalyzer test, per a local Charlotte WBTV news station.

He had a blood-alcohol content of .16. That number is twice the legal limit of .08.

Varner III was in South Charlotte on Providence Road when he was pulled over “while subject to an impairing substance.”

Varner III was booked into the Mecklenburg County jail. He posted a bond of $500 and has since been released and is due to appear in court on Jan. 19, 2024.

He grew up in Gastonia and played college golf at East Carolina University. The 33-year-old played on the PGA Tour before he left for LIV Golf in 2022.

Unlike Jon Rahm and others who left for LIV, Varner openly admitted it was the life-changing money that lured him away from the PGA Tour.

This past May, the former East Carolina Pirate won his first LIV event in Washington, D.C., while on Bubba Watson’s RangeGoats team.

However, this offseason saw him traded to Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces. The 4Aces won the 2022 LIV Golf team competition and collected $16 million to split.

Johnson’s team finished fourth in 2023 behind Torque GC, RangeGoats and Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC, who took home the title.

Varner III will join Johnson, Patrick Reed and Pat Perez to complete their 2024 squad.

Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf coverage, be sure to follow us @_PlayingThrough on all major social platforms. You can also follow her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports.