Bastian Schweinsteiger will take over from the late Franz Beckenbauer as patron of a charity golf tournament, the event confirmed on Friday. Founded in the 1980s, the tournament has raised some €2.5 million ($2.7 million) for the Franz Beckenbauer Foundation. German football icon Beckenbauer died in January, and Schweinsteiger, also a former Bayern Munich and national team player, will now act as patron for the Kaiser-Cup event in the Bavarian town of Bad Griesbach. “It is a great honour for me to continue the tradition and legacy of this tournament of Franz Beckenbauer,” Schweinsteiger said i…