Schwartzel aiming to repeat winning formula

CHARL SCHWARTZEL is desperate to replicate his winning form from last year’s Joburg Open when the 2011 edition gets under way at the RoyalJohannesburg and Kensington Golf Club today.

The world number 32 is the highest-ranked player in the field this week at what is the last of the four co-sanctioned European and Sunshine Tour events in South Africa.

Schwartzel has tended to enjoy the early season in his home country during recent years, and apart from the 2007 Alfred Dunhill Championship – where he missed the cut – he has rarely finished outside the top 30.