Charl Schwartzel
| Charl Schwartzel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Charl Adriaan Schwartzel | ||
| Born | 31 August 1984 Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  South Africa | ||
| Residence | Vereeniging, South Africa | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2002 | ||
| Current tour(s) | European Tour Sunshine Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 7 | ||
| Highest ranking | 6 (11 March 2012)[1] | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 6 | ||
| Sunshine Tour | 5 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | T30: 2010 | ||
| PGA Championship | T18: 2010 | ||
| U.S. Open | T16: 2010 | ||
| The Open Championship | T14: 2010 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Charl Adriaan Schwartzel (born 31 August 1984) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour.
Charl Schwartzel was born in Johannesburg. He had a dominant junior amateur career in South Africa, also having won some amateur events overseas. He played for his country in the 2002 Eisenhower Trophy. He then turned professional at the age of eighteen, and following the path of many other leading South African players he qualified for the European Tour late that year. He was then the second youngest South African golfer to do so after Dale Hayes. He earned enough money to retain his European Tour card in both 2003 and 2004.
In the 2004/05 season his career moved up a notch, with victory in the Dunhill Championship, a leading tournament in South Africa which is co-sanctioned by the European Tour, and first place on the Sunshine Tour's Order of Merit. In 2005 he finished 52nd on the European Tour's Order of Merit, and in 2005-06 he again topped the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit. His win at the season ending Vodacom Tour Championship took him into the top 100 in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. His form continued to improve in 2006 and he finished the season placed 18th on the Order of Merit and reached as high as 57th in the World Rankings. Every higher ranked golfer at that time was at least two years older than him.
He took first place on the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit for the third consecutive year in 2007, and in April 2007 he won the Open de España, beating Jyoti Randhawa by one stroke, after an eagle at the 543 yard par 5 sixteenth hole, and moved into the world top 40.
He has played in the Gary Player Invitational several times to help golf icon Gary Player raise funds for various children's charities.
In 2008 Schwartzel once again achieved success on the European Tour, by securing victory at the Madrid Masters.
After a steady but winless 2009 season Schwartzel started 2010 by winning two consecutive tournaments on the European Tour, both held in his native South Africa, and re-entered the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.[2][3] He finished the season ranked 8th on the Order of Merit. For 2011, Schwartzel joined the PGA Tour. In January 2011, Schwartzel retained his Joburg Open title winning by four shots.[4]
Amateur wins (3)
- 2002 Indian Amateur Open Championship (tied), Brabazon Trophy, Transvaal Amateur Championship (South Africa)
Professional wins (7)
European Tour wins (6)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Dec 2004 (2005 season) |
Dunhill Championship | -7 (71-69-70-71=281) | Playoff |  Neil Cheetham
|
| 2 | 29 Apr 2007 | Open de España | -16 (69-68-68-67=272) | 1 stroke |  Jyoti Randhawa
|
| 3 | 12 Oct 2008 | Madrid Masters | -19 (69-64-66-66=265) | 3 strokes |  Ricardo González
|
| 4 | 10 Jan 2010 | Africa Open | -20 (67-70-68-67=272) | 1 stroke | Thomas Aiken
|
| 5 | 17 Jan 2010 | Joburg Open | -23 (63-68-64-66=261) | 6 strokes |  Darren Clarke, Keith Horne
|
| 6 | 16 Jan 2011 | Joburg Open | -19 (68-61-69-67=265) | 1 stroke | Garth Mulroy
|
Sunshine Tour wins (5)
- 2004 Dunhill Championship (co-sanctioned with the European Tour)
- 2006 Vodacom Tour Championship
- 2010 Africa Open, Joburg Open (both co-sanctioned with the European Tour)
- 2011 Joburg Open (co-sanctioned with the European Tour)
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | T48 | T30 | DNP | CUT |
| The Open Championship | CUT | DNP | CUT | T22 | CUT | DNP | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | T52 | T43 |
| Tournament | 2010 |
|---|---|
| The Masters | T30 |
| U.S. Open | T16 |
| The Open Championship | T14 |
| PGA Championship | T18 |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Summary of performances
- Tournaments played: 16
- Wins: 0
- Top 10s: 0
- Top 25s: 4
- Missed cuts: 7
- Most consecutive cuts made: 5
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 2002
References
- ^ "Week 10 2012 Ending 11 Mar 2012" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Schwartzel claims one-shot victory in Africa Open". USA Today. 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- ^ "Charl Schwartzel coasts home in Joburg Open". Telegraph. 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- ^ "SA's Charl Schwartzel retains Joburg Open title". BBC Sport. 2011-1-16. Retrieved 2011-1-16.
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External links
- Charl Schwartzel – profile on the Sunshine Tour's official site
- Charl Schwartzel – profile on the European Tour's official site