During the 2005 season, Charl Schwartzel won the Dunhill Championship, a major South African tournament co-sanctioned by the European Tour, and finished first on the Sunshine Tour’s Order of Merit. He finished 52nd on the European Tour’s Order of Merit in 2005, and he led the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit again in 2005-2006.
His victory in the season-ending Vodacom Tour Championship catapulted him into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. In 2006, his form continued to improve, and he completed the season 18th on the Order of Merit and as high as 55th in the World Rankings.
What language can Charl Schwartzel speak?
He learned English as a second language after Afrikaans.
It was also the golf language. Charl Schwartzel unwinds in front of the fire at his property on the Blair Atholl golf course outside Krugersdorp, South Africa.
Schwartzel successfully defended his Alfred Dunhill Championship in 2013, defeating England’s Richard Finch by four strokes. This brings his European Tour victory total to nine.
On 13 March 2016, Schwartzel won his second PGA Tour tournament, the Valspar Championship, on the first hole of sudden death after matching Bill Haas at 277 after 72 holes.
