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Golf World’s (Jan. 14) predictions issue will begin showing up in mailboxes thursday, and one man not selected to win a pga tour event this year is charl schwartzel—and that could be a mistake. if the 28-year-old south african’s final five weeks of 2012 are a precursor, then look out. the 2011 masters champ, who battled a rib injury for most of last season, finished fifth in the south african open, t- 3 in the dp world tour championship in dubai and second in the nedbank golf challenge before runaway victories at the thailand golf championship (25 under, 11 clear of bubba watson)

and alfred dunhill championship (24 under, winning by 12, the third-largest victory margin in european tour history). “i was saying last october that it’s been a pretty disappointing year for me,” revealed schwartzel. “slowly and surely i started swinging the club better, back to how i did when i won the masters, and i actually got excited to play again.” look for him to make an impact on the florida swing in march, particularly at doral, where he was second to compatriot ernie els at the 2010 wgc-cadillac championship. —Barry Havenga (@LooseImpediment)