Schwartzel leaves the field green with envy

CHARL SCHWARTZEL should have known it was going to be a very good day at the very first hole.

Schwartzel leaves the field green with envy

After spraying his second shot far right of the green, he pulled out a six-iron, chipped the ball off a patch of trampled-down grass, and watched it roll and roll and roll — right in the cup for an improbable birdie.

Think that was unexpected? The South African was just getting warmed up. He drilled his tee shot at number three into the middle of the fairway, then holed out with a wedge from 114 yards for eagle.

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