The Masters 2012: Charl Schwartzel plans sizzling repeat Quite whether purists such as Billy Payne, Augusta's chairman, will acquiesce to this scheme is still to be seen. "Their initial response: "We'll have to come back to you on that." The suspicion is that Schwartzel will have to compromise by delegating barbecue duties to a trained chef, but in all other respects he will be treated with all the lavishness of a returning conqueror. For in the canon of Masters glories, nobody has ever scripted a final act quite like Schwartzel's. In a Sunday filled with inspired golf, this quiet son of the veld chipped in at the first, holed his second shot at the third, then birdied each of the closing four holes as Adam Scott, Jason Day and even, at one stage, Tiger Woods all jostled for position around him. "With all those names on the board competing, things fell my way," he reflects, in his thick Afrikaner vowels. I wish there was some magic formula that I could give you, but ultimately I just kept hitting good shots. I played the best coming in and I was able to convert the advantage. To close off any tournament with two birdies would be a fair task. But to make four to win the Masters is something very special. Schwartzel grew up on a chicken farm in Deneysville, outside Johannesburg, and is always keen to stress the virtues of simplicity. He wanted to work the land with his mother, Lizette, and his father, George, because he relished the sense of peace and solitude. "Every night when I'm at home I cook my meat on the fire," he says, illuminating the thinking behind this week's banquet. He also vividly remembers the 30 hours he spent accompanying Rory McIlroy, who had just lost his four-shot Masters lead so spectacularly, to their next event in Malaysia. At the time, the two of them were management stablemates under Chubby Chandler, and the atmosphere on board was tricky to defuse. What can I say? He was obviously hurting a lot," Schwartzel recalls. But by the manner in which he congratulated me, you could see he really meant it. I really appreciated it. I didn't want to talk about it, to throw it in his face. "He joked, "At least the green jacket is on the plane!" It was an unbelievable thing of him to do. It showed his character, what sort of person he is. That's obviously why he's having the success he is now. Such is Schwartzel's sense of imperturbable rustic calm that few would be surprised next Sunday if he became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2002 to accomplish back-to-back victories. His record in majors since - top 20 at the US Open, The Open at Royal St George's, and the US PGA - attests to his pedigree under pressure. I feel like the course fits my eye. You really need to think your way around there and play conservatively. Don't force it too much or it will catch you. It's a tough challenge but I'm fully up for it. Judging by the audacity with which he has taken on established convention over the champion's meal, you would hesitate to put anything past him.