[11] Sabbatini has represented South Africa in the World Cup six times and won the event with Trevor Immelman in 2003.

In May 2009 Sabbatini captured his fifth PGA Tour title by winning the HP Byron Nelson Championship by two strokes over Brian Davis.

[12] In March 2011 Sabbatini won his sixth PGA Tour Title at The Honda Classic with a one stroke victory over South Korea's Yang Yong-eun.

Sabbatini entered the final round with a five stroke lead over the rest of the field, helped by a course record-equalling 64 on day two.

[18] Later in 2011, at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Sabbatini got into a heated, profanity-laced argument with playing partner Sean O'Hair for undisclosed reasons.

Initially, there was speculation that the move was made in order for Sabbatini to qualify for the 2020 Olympics, but he said it was to help grow the game in that country.

The Olympics use the OWGR (Official World Golf Ranking) for qualification and the 201st-ranked Sabbatini would not have qualified for South Africa with ten others ahead of him.

[21] In 1998, Sabbatini was awarded Pac-10 Player of the Year[6] PGA Tour playoff record (1–1) Results not in chronological order in 2020.