{"id":8184,"date":"2012-02-22T02:23:13","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T00:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/golf-masters-win-lived-up-to-schwartzels-conviction\/"},"modified":"2012-02-22T02:23:13","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T00:23:13","slug":"golf-masters-win-lived-up-to-schwartzels-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-masters-win-lived-up-to-schwartzels-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Masters win lived up to Schwartzel’s conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

By Mark Lamport-Stokes<\/span><\/p>\n

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MARANA, Arizona<\/span> Feb 21 (Reuters) – Charl Schwartzel
\nhas never had the feeling before or since but somehow he just
\nknew he was going to win last year’s Masters before teeing off
\nin the final round.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The slender South African was four strokes off the pace
\nafter 54 holes at Augusta National and went on to clinch his
\nfirst major victory by two shots with a scintillating
\nbirdie-birdie-birdie-birdie finish.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I woke up that morning and I felt like I was going to win,”
\nSchwartzel told reporters at Dove Mountain’s Ritz-Carlton Golf
\nClub on Tuesday while preparing for this week’s WGC-Accenture
\nMatch Play Championship.<\/p>\n

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“I honestly did. I had this complete calmness about it, too.
\nThat was the best part about it. It’s all good to say I’m going
\nto win today, but if you are all nervous inside then you
\nactually have doubts.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I felt so calm and I was so convinced that I could do it.
\nObviously I couldn’t have asked for a much better start. That
\nput me right in there.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Schwartzel launched his final round with a birdie-par-eagle
\nrun on the way to a six-under-par 66, the lowest score of the
\nday, as he became the third South African to win the Masters.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“At Augusta, I was playing so consistently but (before the
\nfinal round) I never got on a birdie run where you make two or
\nthree birdies in a row to move your score up the board,” said
\nthe 27-year-old, a seven-times champion on the European Tour.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I felt like I was playing so well and I was in control of
\nit. You don’t get that feeling very often. I might have had
\nglimpses of it before but never as much as I had that specific
\nweek.”
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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