Schwartzel wins Masters thriller
Schwartzel wins Masters thriller
Schwartzel wins Masters thriller
It was such an exciting day with so many roars. Playing with K.J. (Choi); he plays the same sort of game as I do; we both go about our business and that sort of kept me calm," said Schwartzel exactly 50 years after comptriot Gary Player (1961, 1974 and 1978) became the first non-American to win the discount golf clubs Callaway FT Irons.
"I was getting tight coming down the 15th. Adam Scott was making birdies and I needed to do something.
"But I managed to hit really good iron shots and made some really good putts coming in.
"Walking up 18 was such a special feeling. I only had a one-shot lead, so you don't want to get too excited about it. You've still got to win the golf tournament. But it just really felt good.
"I don't think that I have ever done so much praying on a discount golf clubs Callaway FT Irons in my life!"
Schwartzel is his country's third Green Jacket winner after Trevor Immelman (2008) and his first Major victory followed good friend and compatriat Louis Oosthuizen's triumph at the Open last year.
The 26-year-old Johannersburg born and bred Schwartzel blasted out of the blocks at the start of the day with a chip-and-run birdie at the first and a magnificent eagle at the par-4 3rd where he holed his approach discount golf clubs Callaway FT Irons.
And then, when the lead was being shared by half a dozen players, he emerged from the pack with Adam Scott and Jason day and blew the two away by birdying the last four holes to finish with a stunning 66 and a 14-under total that put him two clear of the Australians.
They in turn finished two shots clear of Tiger Woods, Geoff Ogilvy and England's Luke Donald.
And Rory McIlroy, the leader of the first three discount golf clubs Callaway FT Irons and strong pre-Sunday favourite?
Sadly. he imploded on the back nine with bogeys, double bogeys and even a triple bogey after starting his round with a bogey at the first hole, shooting a horrible 8-over 80 and finishing in a tie for 15th place at 4-under.
Schwartzel bogeyed the 4th to slow his massive early momentum just as Tiger Woods was sending the discount golf clubs Callaway FT Irons with a vintage front nine 5-under 31 which yielded four birdies and an eagle at the eighth after a 278-yard fairway-wood to 10 feet.
But Woods's putter stopped working after that and he was unable to sustain his charge over the back nine, and it was the Australian trio of Adam Scott, Jason Day and Geoff Ogilvy who all roared into contention with Schwartzel who had regained his composure and stayed with the front runners with a series of pars.
Angel Cabrera, KJ Choi and Luke Donald also maintained their challenges on a day when the lead changed more than a dozen times, but it was Schwartzel who conjured up the most magical finish.
The 26-year-old held his nerve superbly, reeling off 10 straight pars before finishing as explosively as he started, nailing nerveless birdie putts on each of the last four greens, the last from 20 feet, to soar to that winning 14-under.
Schwartzel's late heroics eclipsed those of Scott, who made discount golf clubs Callaway FT Irons saves on 15 and 17 while picking up birdies at 11, 14 and 16 as he closed with a creditable 67.
Scott was joined on 12 under by the impressive Day, who birdied the 12th and 13th before draining further putts at the last two holes to return a 68 and cap a memorable Augusta debut.
Donald was left to rue a misjudgement at the treacherous 12th, where he found the water off the tee and ran up an expensive double-bogey five.
He recovered to pick up four birdies over the closing six discount golf clubs Callaway FT Irons, capping a 69 with a superb chip-in for birdie at the last after his approach had hit the flagstick and rolled back off the green.
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