Charl Schwartzel

Schwartzel's impressive round included just two bogeys and five bogeys. The 2011 Masters champion has missed his last six cuts in a row coming into the ...

Louis Oosthuizen, meanwhile, opened with a four-over 76 but withdrew before the start of the second round with an undisclosed injury. “Well, I think that was one of the challenges. Schwartzel’s impressive round included just two bogeys and five bogeys.

The 2011 Masters champion finds himself with a share of the clubhouse lead with Sungjae Im (74) at 3-under 141 after a second-round 69.

Get the hands a little more passive. These two rounds are one of the two best ball-striking rounds I’ve had in a very long time.” Schwartzel has spent too much time of late, he said, thinking about what can go wrong inside the ropes. His triumph came exactly 50 years after fellow South African Gary Player became the first international player to win at Augusta. The 2011 Masters champion now finds himself with a share of the clubhouse lead with overnight leader Sungjae Im (74) at 3-under 141 after a second-round 69. Schwartzel, 37, made tournament history 11 years ago when he became the first player to win the Masters by closing his round on Sunday with four consecutive birdies.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – There have been 209 players on the PGA Tour this season that have recorded enough rounds to qualify for the strokes gained: total statistic, ...

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The former champion has missed his last six cuts on the PGA Tour.

That left the 32-year-old facing an uphill battle to win a green jacket and complete the career grand slam, with 32 of the last 35 Masters champions shooting par or better in the first round. Since winning his last major title in the 2014 US PGA Championship, McIlroy is a combined 35 over par in the first round of majors, his latest effort being a one-over 73 on Thursday. The absence of Oosthuizen, who had finished second, second and third in his previous three majors, meant Tiger Woods had only Joaquin Niemann for company as he got his second round under way.

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“Every time you get into a major, you want to make the cut and then try and compete. “You never want to miss a cut in a major,” he added. “Last year I had no fears, I had no memories, so I could be aggressive, “ he said of that eye-opening debut. It was a fine shift too for Oban’s Robert MacIntyre, who made a mighty impression last year by finishing in a share of 12th on his Augusta debut and was looking to preserve a splendid record which read seven majors played, seven cuts made. It had been a good day at the office. It was a robust statement of intent.

Charl Schwartzel and Christiaan Bezuidenhout are the only two South African golfers to make the weekend cut at this year's Masters at Augusta National.

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The 2011 Masters champion Schwartzel currently has a man called Heath Holt on the bag. Holt has been a caddie on Tour for over 15 years now and has worked with ...

He is a graduate of Swansea University where he studied History and American Studies, and he has been a part of the Golf Monthly team since February 2018. He quickly became a golf equipment expert and has always been the one family and friends come to for buying advice, and spends a lot of his time putting golf gear, apparel and shoes to the test. Back in 2020 when golf and seemingly the world was in lockdown he took to the course to try and shoot 59 in the hilarious video below. The hole in one Tiger Woods made at the Phoenix Open in 1997. The greatest shot he has seen on Tour, kind of, was Tiger's hole in one in 1997. Holt has been a caddie on Tour for over 15 years now and has worked with a long list of players including; Ricky Smallridge, David Jackson, Skip Kendall, Corey Pavin, Peter Lonard, Brian Bateman, John Rollins, Jonathan Byrd, Chris Stroud, K.J. Choi, Brendan Todd, Greg Chalmers, Zach Wright, Eric Axley and Kris Blanks.

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He is a graduate of Swansea University where he studied History and American Studies, and he has been a part of the Golf Monthly team since February 2018. He quickly became a golf equipment expert and has always been the one family and friends come to for buying advice, and spends a lot of his time putting golf gear, apparel and shoes to the test. A golfer for most of his life, Sam started playing the game to prove he was the best player out of his father and two brothers. She’s very independent and goes out and does things. But she’s out there walking with me for support in rain and wind. Interestingly she is also the second cousin of former world number one Justin Rose as well.

2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel made some magic in the final group on Saturday with an eagle at the 10th hole at Augusta National.

“The bad results didn't really determine how I felt coming in here,” Schwartzel said on Friday. “I actually took two weeks off, and as the two weeks went by, my confidence grew in belief that I could win this tournament because I was starting to hit it very good and just looked at old footages, and it's still there.” The 37-year-old South African had been struggling for some time before this week, having missed his last six consecutive cuts on the PGA Tour. After the most recent at the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida, he took two weeks off to refresh his game and mind before coming to Augusta. Schwartzel holed out for eagle from 136 yards on the downhill 495-yard par-4 10th hole at Augusta National, drawing roars from the crowd and a high-five from fellow competitor and tournament leader Scottie Scheffler.