George schwartzel biography

JOHANNESBURG – It was 12:48 a.m. Monday morning in South Africa when Charl Schwartzel sealed his first major title with a birdie on the last hole at the Masters.

Back home on the family farm near Vereeniging, a city just south of Johannesburg, Charl’s father George watched every moment.

That’s a big change for a man who describes himself as “a nervous wreck” every time his son plays, and who has previously gone to sleep to avoid the agonizing tension of watching Charl in action — especially in a final round.

“I was going to take another pill but my wife wouldn’t let me. We watched it all — I still haven’t gone to bed,” George Schwartzel said on Monday, nearly 12 hours after Charl’s triumph at Augusta National.

The elder Schwartzel took a sleeping pill and went to bed when Charl finished second at the WGC-Cadillac Championship last year after battling with fellow South African E George schwartzel biography death.