Since January, the thin Maccauvlei young Vaal River Golf Club - Sunday in the black dress, € Gary Player - a star quality which speaks to the highest level went from a player of promise with young and interesting approach, Rory McIlroy, Camilo Villegas and Martin Kaymer.
Schwartzel 18 years ago was a business trip - the youngest ever to win the end of 2002 was a European Tour card. And the local Sunshine Tour Order of Merit has enjoyed extraordinary success achieved has won three times in six years. A lucrative endorsement deal with Nike to miss two years ago signed, but until now seemed to him that indefinable extra talent to be a world champion Els and Goosen to the class.
That all changed in January when he returns back from London and the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington East African Open in Johannesburg at the Open European Tour title, in this case, won in a screen designed to crush your competitors without the added Powergolf, these competitions. Under par score of 261 for 15 years, the lowest total of his 23 European Tour events played in SA.
Schwartzel in the U.S. did not have much experience, but in February of the first World Golf Championship (WGC) event of the Arizona desert, has received an invitation to the Accenture Match Play. The Open champion Stewart Cink in the third round of 19 holes and two American stars, Hunter Mahan, Jim Furyk, the first beat.
Three weeks later, I next WGC event, the CA Championship at Doral in Florida when he champions the last day a great noise with the old duel will end after 1 second a respectable ales. Schwartzel US990000 during these two weeks, won enough money to make sure you know what to make a PGA Tour card. This is a big career break, is able to play against the best in the game.
Three Schwartzel his new girlfriend, Rosalind Jacobs, loves to fly and hunt.