BRITISH Open champion Louis Oosthuizen was driving from St Andrews, the claret jug nestled in the back seat, when the phone rang.
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The bittersweet
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Given another chance to play in the final group Sunday afternoon at a major championship, Paul Casey knows one thing he’d do differently. “Not hit it in a bush on No. 12,” he said Tuesday morning, grinning. Casey may not have been able to catch British Open winner Louis Oosthuizen last month at St.
Filed under: British Open
Louis Oosthuizen surprised the field at St. Andrews with another solid round of golf on Friday. Blessed with an early tee time, the South African took full advantage of a small window of mild weather to jump to the lead and make his first cut at the British Open.
Oosthuizen shot a 7-under 65 in Thursday’s opening round, logging eight birdies with his only bogey coming at the notorious Road Hole (No. 17). On Friday, he dodged the weather to shoot a 5-under 67 to take a five-stroke lead over Mark Calcavecchia.
In the second round, he steadily charged through the front nine, carding three straight birdies on holes five, six and seven. After the turn, the wind picked up a bit, and he alternated two bogeys in between three more birdies on the first five holes of the back nine. Not to repeat Thursday’s only blunder — if a bogey at the arduous Road Hole can even be called that — he saved par on 17 and birdied 18 for good measure.
“I’m very confident with the way I’m playing,” he said. “It’s probably the position anyone wants to be in playing a major on the weekend, and I think it’s what we work to achieve, and I’m just very happy with the two rounds I put together.”
On a day that was dominated by bad weather and swirling winds, Oosthuizen was lucky to play during the brief period of relative calm. In fact, after he finished his round, winds were clocked in at up to 41 mph before tournament officials finally suspended play for nearly an hour.
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But with two impressive rounds of play, the questions circulating around Oosthuizen mostly sound something like this: Who the heck is this guy?
Filed under: British Open
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Surprise. Intrigue. Newcomers. Proven veterans. Spry old guys. Play suspended, not by rain, but wind. Faltering favorites. Two days into the 150th British Open, golf’s oldest major championship is at St. Andrew, the game’s oldest course, hell bent on providing a show unlike any before.
It starts with the 36-hole leader, unknown South African Louis Oosthuizen. Just how unknown is he? After being invited into the media interview center after shooting 67 to go 12 under, the leader by five shots was welcomed as “Peter,” most likely confused with Peter Oosterhuis.
The confusion is understandable. The 27-year-old may have claimed his first European Tour victory earlier this year after four wins on the South African Tour, but when it comes to major championships he is a long way from recognized. In six previous starts the O-man has five missed cuts with his best finish being 73rd at the 2008 PGA Championship.
“Yeah, it wasn’t very great, was it?” Oosthuizen said of this record in the majors. “But it was a matter of not believing in myself, I think. Everyone around here is telling me, ‘you’ve got the shots, you’re playing well,’ and again, that win earlier this season just got my mind set in a different way.”
When the long day finally ended in darkness, there were plenty of golfers in need of a little mental adjustment.
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Pick your poison. Players, like Oosthuizen, who had drawn early tee times, went out in rain and wind. Those who began later played dry condition, but in WIND!!!
Filed under: British Open, PGA
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Henrik Stenson has reached a point where he deserves to be known for more than stripping down to underwear and a golf club.
The 34-year-old Swede has six career worldwide victories, including the PGA Tour’s 2007 World Match Play title and the 2009 Players Championship, but nothing has given him more exposure than a single shot struck last year in South Florida.
During first-round play at Doral, Stenson’s wayward drive on the third hole landed in muddy terrain near a water hazard. Seeking an option to avoid soiling his clothes with mud, he took the natural alternative.
Off came his shoes, his socks, his shirt and slacks.
“Just the way God created me,” Stenson explained.
And that’s pretty much how he has been recognized since.
