About Charl Schwartzel

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