With this win Charl Schwartzel secured his second European Tour International Schedule victory in his 107th European Tour event as a professional and his first European Tour victory since the 2005 Alfred Dunhill Championship - a gap of 50 European Tour events.
*Second consecutive top three finish – following a tie for third in his last European Tour event at the Estoril Open de Portgual
*Aged 22 and 241 days makes him the third youngest winner of the Open de España, behind Dale Hayes (1971 - 18 and 290 days; youngest in European Tour history) and Sergio Garcia (2002 - 22 and 109 days).
*Becomes just the second South African to win the Open de España, following Dale Hayes (1971 and 79).
*The 14th South African golfer to record multiple victories on The European Tour
*The 79th South African win on The European Tour
*Fourth South African victory of the 2007 European Tour season, following: Ernie Els (South African Airways Open), Retief Goosen (The Commercialbank Qatar Masters).and Anton Haig (Johnnie Walker Classic).
*Moves into the top 50 of The Official World Golf Ranking as a result of this victory
*Gains a European Tour exemption until the end of the 2009 season.
*Gains his biggest European Tour prize of €330,330 (£226,150).
- Gains a place in the 2008 HSBC Champions.
*Moves to €657,758in The European Tour Order of Merit and into sixth place. There are three South Africans in the top six – Goosen (second), Els (fifth) and Schwartzel (sixth).
*Fourth top ten finish of the 2007 European Tour season and 18th of his European Tour career
*Third win as a professional
