{"id":7051,"date":"2012-01-14T20:43:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T18:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/golf-defending-champ-schwartzel-misses-cut-at-joburg\/"},"modified":"2012-01-14T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T18:43:12","slug":"golf-defending-champ-schwartzel-misses-cut-at-joburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-defending-champ-schwartzel-misses-cut-at-joburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Defending champ Schwartzel misses cut at Joburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Ken Borland<\/span><\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Jan 14 (Reuters) – Defending champion Charl
\nSchwartzel missed the cut at the weather-hit Joburg Open on
\nSaturday after struggling on the greens at the Royal
\nJohannesburg and Kensington Golf Club.<\/p>\n

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England’s Robert Rock and Richard Finch and South African
\nGeorge Coetzee share the lead on 11-under after two rounds of
\nthe European and Sunshine Tour co-sanctioned event.<\/p>\n

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The cut was set at 139 and Schwartzel missed out by a shot
\nafter rounds of 72 and 68 to finish on three-under-par in the
\ntournament being played on the par-72 East Course and par-71
\nWest Course.<\/p>\n

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“It’s always guesswork when you come off a break and
\ncompetitive golf is always different,” he said. “But to get
\nstraight on to the point, my putting let me down. You’re not
\ngoing to be doing very well on a course where you should be
\ngoing for birdies if you have 34 putts.<\/p>\n

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“I hit 17 greens in regulation but I was just three-under,
\nso it was not my best effort,” Schwartzel added.<\/p>\n

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“I’m not stroking the ball properly and I don’t have that
\nrhythm you get from playing tournament golf week in, week out.<\/p>\n

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“If you hit a few off-line, you start doubting yourself,
\nwhich makes it worse,” Schwartzel told reporters.
\n (Editing by Peter Rutherford)<\/p>\n

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