Charl Schwartzel | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Charl Adriaan Schwartzel | ||||
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | 31 August 1984||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) | ||||
Sporting nationality | South Africa | ||||
Residence | Vereeniging, Gauteng, South Africa Manchester, England Palm Beach Gardens, Florida | ||||
Spouse |
Rosalind Jacobs (m. 2010) | ||||
Career | |||||
Turned professional | 2002 | ||||
Current tour(s) | Asian Tour Sunshine Tour LIV Golf | ||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 16 | ||||
Highest ranking | 6 (11 March 2012)[1] | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
PGA Tour | 2 | ||||
European Tour | 11 | ||||
Asian Tour | 1 | ||||
Sunshine Tour | 9 | ||||
LIV Golf | 1 | ||||
Other | 1 | ||||
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |||||
Masters Tournament | Won: 2011 | ||||
PGA Championship | T12: 2011 | ||||
U.S. Open | 7th: 2015 | ||||
The Open Championship | T7: 2014 | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Charl Adriaan Schwartzel (/ʃɑːrl ˈʃwɔːrtsəl/ sharl SHWORT-səl;[2] born 31 August 1984) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf Invitational Series and has previously played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He has won one major title, the Masters in 2011. Schwartzel's highest world ranking has been number six, after finishing in a tie for fourth at the WGC-Cadillac Championship in 2012.