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Results
| Date |
Tournament |
Pos |
Round Scores |
Total |
Winnings |
* Not an OoM event. "pts" denotes a points-based event.
Order of Merit
| Season |
Pos |
Winnings |
Played |
| 2013 Sunshine Tour |
5 |
1,808,950.00 |
1 |
| 2010 Sunshine Tour |
1 |
5,097,913.58 |
6 |
| 2009 Sunshine Tour |
2 |
2,315,187.86 |
5 |
| 2008 Sunshine Tour |
9 |
666,347.67 |
5 |
| 2007 Sunshine Tour |
17 |
452,490.86 |
7 |
| 2006 2007 Sunshine Tour |
1 |
1,585,117.41 |
7 |
| 2005 2006 Sunshine Tour |
1 |
1,207,459.70 |
6 |
| 2004 2005 Sunshine Tour |
1 |
1,635,850.44 |
7 |
| 2003 2004 Sunshine Tour |
49 |
82,608.44 |
6 |
| 2002 2003 Sunshine Tour |
15 |
352,402.04 |
5 |
Biography
Charl grew up on a farm in Vereeniging, but now resides in
Johannesburg at the exclusive Blair Atholl Estate. He had an
illustrious amateur career winning both on South African
soil and abroad, reaching the pinnacle of his amateur career
in 2002 when he won the Indian Amateur and English Open
Stroke Play Championships; he also represented South Africa
in the Eisenhower Trophy in that year and was ranked as the
number-one amateur in South Africa by Golf Digest SA
magazine.
He turned professional at 18 (also in 2002) and, later that
year, became the second youngest South African (after Dale
Hayes) to attain his card for the European Tour. Since
qualifying, he has never had to return to Q-school to retain
it. His first victory came at the Dunhill Championship in
2004 (a co-sanctioned event with the European Tour) where he
beat Englishman Neil Cheetham in a playoff. Charl went on
to win the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit that year and has
won it no fewer than four times in his career. Charl had
been knocking on the door of international superstardom for
many years, consistently ranked inside the top-50 on the
Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR). His big breakthrough
came in 2011 when he defeated Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and
Adam Scott in a spectacular final round at the Masters.
Since his Major victory, he has established himself as one
of the leading South African golfers and has regularly been
ranked inside the OWGR top 10. Charl has also represented
the International team at the Presidents Cup in 2011 and
fulfilled a childhood dream by representing South Africa
alongside compatriot Louis Oosthuizen at the World Cup at
Mission Hills in China. In addition to being a professional
golfer, Charl has a private pilot's license and is a keen
hunter (focused on conservation and hunting in a manner that
is sustainable).
Career Highlights
| Date |
Name |
Pos |
Score |
VSPAR |
Round Scores |
Winnings |
| 09/12/04 |
dunhill championship |
1 |
281 |
-7 |
71 69 70 71 |
881,987.60 |
| 20/01/05 |
SAA Open |
2= |
279 |
-9 |
68 72 71 68 |
521,776.34 |
| 17/02/05 |
Telkom PGA Championship |
2= |
274 |
-14 |
66 69 72 67 |
161,087.50 |
| 08/12/05 |
dunhill championship |
2= |
277 |
-11 |
70 67 70 70 |
685,772.50 |
| 23/02/06 |
Vodacom Tour Championship |
1 |
270 |
-14 |
68 70 65 67 |
317,000.00 |
| 07/12/06 |
Alfred Dunhill Championship |
2 |
276 |
-12 |
68 68 68 72 |
1,086,175.00 |
| 12/02/09 |
Vodacom Championship |
2= |
274 |
-14 |
69 65 70 70 |
244,065.00 |
| 10/12/09 |
Alfred Dunhill Championship |
2 |
272 |
-16 |
67 69 68 68 |
1,271,900.00 |
| 07/01/10 |
Africa Open |
1 |
272 |
-20 |
67 70 68 67 |
1,681,685.00 |
| 14/01/10 |
Joburg Open |
1 |
261 |
-23 |
63 68 64 66 |
2,192,372.00 |
| 14/04/10 |
Vodacom Business-Gardener Ross |
2 |
202 |
-14 |
67 70 65 |
58,650.00 |
| 09/12/10 |
Alfred Dunhill Championship |
2= |
279 |
-9 |
70 70 69 70 |
713,120.33 |
| 13/01/11 |
Joburg Open |
1 |
265 |
-19 |
68 61 69 67 |
1,813,240.00 |
| 29/11/12 |
Nedbank Golf Challenge |
2 |
282 |
-6 |
72 71 70 69 |
88,650.00 |
| 13/12/12 |
Alfred Dunhill Championship |
1 |
264 |
-24 |
67 64 64 69 |
2,658,045.00 |
| 07/02/13 |
Joburg Open |
2 |
267 |
-20 |
68 65 68 66 |
1,808,950.00 |
* Not an OoM event. "pts" denotes a points-based event.
Performance Statistics
| Description |
Result |
| Career Prize Money |
20,309,410.67 |
| Best Single Prize Money |
2,658,045.00 |
| Tournament Wins |
6 |
| Playoff Wins |
1 |
| Tournament Top Ten Finishes |
29 |
| Most Consecutive Cuts Made |
22 |
| Low Round Score |
61 |
| Stroke Average |
69.76 |
| Average against Par |
-2.12 |
| Total Number of Eagles |
35 |
| Total Number of Birdies |
1,007 |
| Average Birdies per Round |
4.66 |
| Total Holes in One |
2 |
Achievements
| Amateur Highlights |
| 2000 |
Harry Oppenheimer Trophy |
| 2000 |
International Teams Championship |
| 2000 |
World Junior Team Championship |
| 2001 |
Roodepoort National Junior Championships |
| 2001 |
Champion of Champions |
| 2001 |
Mpumalanga Open |
| 2001 |
Harry Oppenheimer Trophy |
| 2001 |
International Team Championships |
| 2001 |
South African Junior Golfer of the Year |
| 2002 |
Freddy Tait trophy for best amateur at the SA Open |
| 2002 |
National Amateur Invitational Tournament |
| 2002 |
Indian Amateur Championship |
| 2002 |
English Open Stroke Play Championship |
| Southern Africa PGA Tour Victories |
| 2004 |
Dunhill Championship |
| 2006 |
Vodacom Tour Championship |
| 2010 |
Africa Open |
| 2010 |
Joburg Open |
| 2011 |
Joburg Open |
| 2012 |
Alfred Dunhill Championship |
| SA PGA Tour Victories (Non OoM Events) |
| International Victories |
| 2007 |
Open de Espana (European Tour) |
| 2008 |
Madrid Masters (European Tour) |
| 2011 |
The Masters |
| 2012 |
Thailand Golf Championship (Asian Tour) |
| Team Events |
| 2002 |
Eisenhower Trophy |
