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A drop in form saw him fall to 50th in the world rankings but
Sunday's four-shot triumph suggests Schwartzel's star is on the
rise again.
“Sometimes I wasn’t sure it would ever turn around,” he told
reporters. “If people realised the amount of work I have put in
to the game over the last 18 months, they might understand why
it means so much to me.
“This time last year my golf swing was probably in the worst
place it has been in as a professional,” he said, adding that he
had discovered some "bad mistakes" with his putting.
"Where I think I’m aiming I’m not aiming. You can’t putt like
that – you think you’re putting it right edge but then hitting
it a foot right – it’s never going to go in.” Consultation with
a visual skills coach, who has also helped fellow South African
golfer Ernie Els and the All Blacks rugby team, had helped him
improve his aim.
“Where I think the ball should go and where it should actually
go are two different things and it is hard not to trust my
instinct, especially in the pressure of a tournament," he said.
"But it’s on the right track, which excites me.”
(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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