Charl Schwartzel accuracy with his irons proved to be the foundation for his three stroke victory at the Madrid Masters. The Genworth Financial Statistics for the week showed the South African hit 80.6 per cent of Greens In Regulation, coming second in the category behind Paul Lawrie of Scotland who tied for 29th in the tournament.
That was by far the strongest area of Schwartzel’s game at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. His next best category was tenth in Driving Accuracy, hitting 66.1 per cent of fairways with an average Driving Distance of 296.3 yards.
Schwartzel’s Putts Per Green In Regulation average of 1.753 putts per hole was 18th best in that category while his Putts Per Round average of 29.7 was 28th in that section.