Charl Schwartzel has unfinished business at the Thailand Golf Championship
After finishing tied for the third position at last week’s DP World Tour Championship, Charl Schwartzel will head to Bangkok for the Thailand Golf Championship with a little unfinished business on his mind.
The 2011 Masters champion finished second after posting a 15-under par tournament score last year. He is now determined to go one better this time.
In 2011, Lee Westwood marked a stunning start to his campaign at the Amata Spring Country Club by recording a 20-under par two-round score.
At that time, Schwartzel was eleven strokes behind the Englishman, after posting rounds of 69 and 66. He then made a strong charge on the leaderboard by recording another round for a six-under par 66.
However, he failed to challenge Westwood on top of the leaderboard after finishing his campaign with a 72 in the final round.
Talking to the Asian Tour’s official website, the South African said that it was really difficult to chase Westwood, especially when he was way ahead of his rivals, entering the weekend.
He is now relishing the opportunity to participate in another edition of the tournament this year, which will provide him another chance to contend against the defending champion.
“Lee was out of sight for most of the tournament last time so it would be very nice to get the better of him this time. We always enjoy playing against the best and Lee is definitely one of those,” said the South African.
Schwartzel, who will be joined by another South African star, Louis Oosthuizen, at the tournament, also expressed his love for the venue course of the event.
“I always enjoy returning to courses I’ve played well on because it usually means the course suits my eye and I have no hesitation in saying that about Amata Spring,” he said.
“Everybody knows it for it having the only floating green in Asia, but I also know just how different the two nines are”.
According to him, power and accuracy will play an important role in posting low scores on the front nine of the Amata Spring Country Club.
In the meantime, he also said that short-game technique will be the key to success on the back nine of the course.
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