{"id":9603,"date":"2012-04-04T03:48:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T01:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/golf-schwartzel-ready-to-show-masters-win-was-no-fluke\/"},"modified":"2012-04-04T03:48:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T01:48:49","slug":"golf-schwartzel-ready-to-show-masters-win-was-no-fluke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-schwartzel-ready-to-show-masters-win-was-no-fluke\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Schwartzel ready to show Masters win was no fluke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Julian Linden<\/span><\/p>\n

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AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 3<\/span> (Reuters) – Twelve months after
\nhis stunning victory in the Masters, Charl Schwartzel is back at
\nAugusta National and feeling confident about his chances and
\ndetermined to prove his win was no fluke.<\/p>\n

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The South African said he felt a sudden tingle in his spine
\nwhen he drove down Magnolia Lane, the short road that leads to
\nthe Augusta National clubhouse, as the memories of his amazing
\nvictory came flooding back.<\/p>\n

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But rather than be overawed by his ability to triumph at the
\nMasters in only his second attempt, Schwartzel felt a calming
\nsurge of confidence that he could do it again.<\/p>\n

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“I have a different mind-set coming into this event knowing
\nthat you’ve won,” he told a news conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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“I almost expect myself to win. I feel like I’m playing good
\nenough. I feel like if I’ve done it before, why can’t I do it
\nagain.”<\/p>\n

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Schwartzel was presented with the winner’s green jacket
\nafter producing the greatest finish in the 75-year history of
\nthe Masters, making birdies on each of the last four holes to
\nclinch his first major title by two shots.<\/p>\n

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His life changed forever but not everything has gone
\naccording to plan for the 27-year-old since then. Although he
\nhas played consistently well and finished in the top 16 at each
\nof the next three majors, he has been unable to reproduce his
\nbrilliant finish at the Masters.<\/p>\n

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He has not won a won a tournament since last year’s Masters
\nand comes into the first major of 2012 after missing the cut at
\nhis last two PGA Tour events.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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