He has finished 3rd on the PGA TOUR 2 times in 2013.
He ranks 33rd in Money Leaders on the PGA TOUR.
height5-11
weight160
birthDateAugust 31, 1984
age28
birthPlaceJohannesburg, South Africa
residenceVerceeniging, South Africa
familyWife, Rosalind
splInterestHunting, cars
pronunciationCHAR-ul SCHWORT-zul
trndProYear2002
cityPlaysFrmBlair Atholl; ; South Africa
combTourMoney.
jndTourYear2010
exmtStatusWinner, 2011 Masters Tournament (through 2016)
intlVics(9): 2005 Alfred Dunhill Championship [Eur]. 2006 Vodacom Tour Championship [SAf]. 2007 Open de Espana [Eur]. 2008 Madrid Masters [Eur]. 2010 Africa Open [Eur], Joburg Open [Eur]. 2011 Joburg Open [Eur]. 2012 Thailand Golf Championship [Asia]. 2013 Alfred Dunhill Championship [Eur].
curYearHighIn December 2012, a week after winning in Thailand by 11 strokes, he continued his dominance, playing on the 2013 European Tour, in Maelane, South Africa, where he was again the runaway winner, taking a 12-shot victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship, his second victory in the event (2004). He entered the final 18 holes with a 10-stroke lead and shot a 69 at Leopard Creek CC to rout the field...Finished second at the Joburg Open in February, looking for his third win at the tournament in the last four years. Despite the runner-up finish, never really contended on the weekend. Entered the final round six shots behind leader Richard Sterne, and despite shooting four rounds in the 60s at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington GC's two courses, fell to Sterne by seven strokes...Finished T3 at the Northern Trust Open, missing the Charlie Beljan-John Merrick playoff by one shot. It was his first top-10 on TOUR since March 2012...Two weeks later at The Honda Classic, became one of just five players to post a sub-70 score Sunday at the wind-swept PGA National when he posted a 1-under 69, good for a T9 a year after finishing T5 in the event...Finished third in his first start at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, recording his third top-10 of the season.
carHigh2012: Finished No. 61 in the FedExCup standings...Opened with a 2-over 75 at the Volvo Golf Champions in South Africa but recovered nicely to finish solo fifth at The Links of Fancourt...A week after a T17 at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, competed in his second Honda Classic, where he finished T5 with Justin Rose. It was his first stroke-play start of the season on TOUR. With 56 of 72 greens hit in regulation hit (77.8 percent), he led the field in that category for the week...Equaled his second-best finish in 15 starts in a World Golf Championships event with a T4 at the Cadillac Championship, second only to a runner-up finish at the 2010 Cadillac Championship. Four under-par rounds led to a 13-under finish, three strokes behind champion Justin Rose...A second-round, 3-over 75 was his undoing at the Maybank Malaysian Open in April. Opened with an 8-under 64 at Kuala Lumpur G&CC and finished with a 68 to T6 at the co-sanctioned Asian Tour-European Tour event...Suffered a torn abdomen in June but still played in the U.S. Open, finishing T38 at The Olympic Club. Sat out a month after the U.S. Open to allow the injury to heal. Returned to action at the British Open...Was T5 at the South African Open in mid-November. Couldn't recover from a 2-over 74 in the third round, finishing six shots shy of winner Henrik Stenson...Had four rounds in the 60s at the European Tour's finale, the DP World Tour Championship, to T3. Opened and closed with 4-under 68s at the Jumeirah Golf Estates and added a pair of 67s in the second and third rounds to finish five shots behind winner Rory McIlroy...Picked up his first win on any Tour since the 2011 Masters with a dominating, 11-shot victory in the Thailand Golf Championship on the Asian Tour. Opened 65-65 at Amata Spring GC in Bangkok to take a four-shot lead into the weekend. Shot a third-round 68 to open a five-shot advantage over Daniel Chopra. In the final round, fired a third 65 on the par-72 layout, with seven birdies and no bogeys, to cruise to the convincing win a year after finishing second in the same event.
2011: Won first major at the Masters, while making the cut in all 15 of his starts on TOUR. Had 10 top-25 finishes and three top-10s. Finished 32nd in the FedExCup to just miss a trip to the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola. Was fourth in the Race to Dubai standings on the European Tour...Fifty years after fellow countryman Gary Player became the first international winner of the green jacket, capped off a final-round, 6-under 66 and a two-stroke victory at the 75th Masters Tournament over Aussies Jason Day and Adam Scott. Became the first Masters winner to birdie the final four holes, and the first to play the final four holes in 4-under since Jack Nicklaus (eagle-birdie-birdie-par) did so 25 years earlier in 1986. Became the seventh major championship winner from South Africa and the third to win the Masters, joining Gary Player (1961, 1974 and 1978) and Trevor Immelman (2008). Entered the final round four strokes behind Rory McIlroy and then turned in the largest come-from-behind win at the Masters since Nick Faldo came from six down to defeat Greg Norman in 1996, coming out on top on a day where as many as five players shared the lead at one point. Became just the second champion in the last 21 years to win the Masters without playing in the final pairing, joining Zach Johnson in 2007. Winning score of 14-under 274 is the lowest by an international champion at the Masters and equals the sixth lowest of all time...Shot a final-round 67 to roll to a four-stroke win over fellow South African Garth Mulroy at the Joburg Open. With the win, he became only the third South African to successfully defend a European Tour title, joining Ernie Els and Trevor Immelman...Opened his season in his native South Africa with a T4 at the Africa Open in East London. Shot a final-round 70 at East London GC to finish one stroke out of the three-man playoff between Louis Oosthuizen, Manuel Quiros and Chris Wood, an extra session Oosthuizen won...Finished T9 at the U.S. Open, with a final round 66. Posted back-to-back top 10s in majors after going without one in his first 16 major starts. Finished T16 at the 2010 U.S. Open...In his first start at the RBC Canadian Open at difficult Shaughnessy G&CC, finished T9 with Spencer Levin, Patrick Cantlay and John Daly. It was his second consecutive top-10 finish in a national Open...Held a share of the second-round lead with Adam Scott and Bubba Watson at the Deutsche Bank Championship before rounds of 72-73 led to a T21 finish...After opening with a 2-under 70 at Sheshan International GC in Shanghai, China, he shot three consecutive sub-70 rounds (69-69-65) to T4 at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in November...One of four rookies on the International Presidents Cup team, he recorded record of 3-1-1 in losing cause...In South Africa in early December, fired a 6-under 282 to solo sixth at the Nedbank Golf Challenge...Tried to make a late charge at the Thailand Golf Championship but couldn't overcome Lee Westwood's big lead and eventually finished solo second, seven strokes back. 2010: Played in 11 PGA TOUR events, with nine made cuts and three top-10 finishes...Made second consecutive appearance at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. Finished T9, losing to Stewart Cink in 19 holes in the third round...Battled countryman Ernie Els at the World Golf Championships-CA Championships at TPC Blue Monster, finishing second. Was one stroke behind Els in the final round when Els made a 25-foot par putt on the 14th hole to retain the lead. Made bogeys on 15 and 17 to fall farther behind. Had taken part in Els' junior program in South Africa as a youngster and was staying at Els' home during the week...Joined the PGA TOUR as a Special Temporary Member on March 23...Continued his good play at Shell Houston Open the week before the Masters, posting a pair of 67s on the weekend for a T3 finish while playing on a sponsor's exemption...Shot a final-round 67 in early January to win the Africa Open in South Africa on the European Tour. Finished at 20-under par to top third-round co-leader Thomas Aiken by one stroke...In his next start, won the Joburg Open on the European Tour by six strokes and moved into the top 50 in the world. 2009: Played in six PGA TOUR events, with a best finish of T17 at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. Recorded five top-10s on the European Tour. 2008: Clinched his third European Tour title with a victory at the Madrid Masters, despite battling illness all week, as he rallied toward the end of the season to finish inside the order of merit top 30. 2007: Won the Open de Espana for his second career European Tour title. 2006: Won the Vodacom Tour Championship on the Sunshine Tour in his native South Africa in February. 2005: Captured his first victory on the European Tour, the Dunhill Championship, in his native country, in the second event of the season. Followed that with a T2 the following week in the South African Airways Open, helping him top the Sunshine Tour order of merit in South Africa for the first time. Became the third-youngest player to secure his European Tour card through the Qualifying School. At 18 years, 81 days, he claimed 24th place in 2002. Was also the second youngest South African to earn full membership of the European Tour behind Dale Hayes. Amateur: Arrived at PGA TOUR Qualifying School as a highly promising amateur with victories in the Brabazon Trophy and Indian Amateur and having represented South Africa in the Eisenhower Trophy in Malaysia.
personalFavorites include filet steak and vacations to Mossel Bay in the western Cape province of South Africa. Favorite course to play is Leopard Creek CC in Mpumalanga, on the southern border of the Kruger National Park in South Africa. Says his idol is Angus Buchan, a farmer "who gave his life to God."
ntlTeamsThe Presidents Cup (1), 2011; World Cup (1), 2011.