Seems Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen aren’t the only South Africans capable of giant killing these days. Branden Grace looks the most likely to join those two major winners after his second-straight Euro Tour win.
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A trio of major champions — Charl Schwartzel, Trevor Immelman and Louis Oosthuizen — received honorary life membership on the Sunshine Tour at its annual awards dinner on Tuesday night in Johannesburg. Schwartzel, the most recent of the three to win a major, also won the Commissioners Award for his contributions to South African golf [...]
• South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen retains Africa Open title
• England Lions slip to six-wicket defeat against Bangladesh A
Golf
Louis Oosthuizen won the Africa Open by two shots from another South African, Tjaart van der Walt, in East London on Sunday afternoon. The two men shared the overnight lead before a six‑under-par round of 67 gave the title to Oosthuizen, the defending champion, who shot an eagle, six birdies and two bogeys to finish with a four-round total of 25 under par. Van der Walt started the final day with birdies in his first three holes, but he picked up only two more birdies and a bogey to go round in 69. Retief Goosen finished third, three shots off the lead, after he also finished with a 69.
Cricket
England Lions slipped to a six-wicket defeat against Bangladesh on Sunday, ending up skittled for 139 in Chittagong. The England side lost their first wicket with just 10 on the board, Jason Roy falling to Alauddin Babu, before paceman Al Amin removed Joe Root, James Vince and James Taylor in a devastating spell to leave the Lions 38 for four. Mahmudullah finished the job with an unbeaten 38 from 42 balls. PA
Motor sport
Human rights groups have urged F1 teams to boycott April’s Bahrain Grand Prix amid political unrest. “If they come, they are helping the government to say [it is normal],” said Nabeel Rajab, vice president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. “We would prefer it if they didn’t take part.” Agencies
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• Louis Oosthuizen holds of Tjaart van der Walt
• Retief Goosen is third and Jaco van Zyl fourth
Louis Oosthuizen won the Africa Open by two shots from another South African, Tjaart van der Walt, in East London on Sunday afternoon. The two men shared the overnight lead before a six-under-par round of 67 gave the title to Oosthuizen, the defending champion.
The 2010 Open champion birdied the par-three 17th, Van der Walt making bogey at the same hole, to settle the result. Oosthuizen shot an eagle, six birdies and two bogeys today to finish with a four-round total of 25 under par. Van der Walt started the final day impressively, with birdies in his first three holes, but he picked up only two more birdies and a bogey to go round in 69.
Retief Goosen finished third, three shots off the lead, after he also finished with a 69. Goosen had a birdie and an eagle in his first three holes, but his challenge faded and he picked up just two more birdies and a bogey. A fourth South African, Jaco van Zyl, finished fourth. Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth was fifth, one shot further back, after a closing round of 67. England’s Danny Willett could only manage a 73 to lie seventh.
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Louis Oosthuizen holed a 35-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to top fellow South African Tjaart van der Walt and retain his title at the Africa Open.
Louis Oosthuizen holed a 35-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to top fellow South African Tjaart van der Walt and retain his title at the Africa Open on Sunday. The former British Open champion beat Van der Walt by two shots after closing with a 6-under 67 for a 27-under total of 265 at the season-opening European Tour event.
South
African Louis Oosthuizen retained his Africa Open title, holding
his nerve at the decisive 17th to complete a two-stroke win on
Sunday.
Defending champion Louis Oosthuizen birdied three of his last four holes for a 6-under 67 Saturday to share the third-round lead at the Africa Open.
Defending
champion Louis Oosthuizen and journeyman Tjaart van der Walt
were locked at the top the Africa Open leaderboard on 21-under
par after a see-saw battle in the third round on Saturday.
Defending champion Louis Oosthuizen birdied three of his last four holes for a 6-under 67 Saturday to share the third-round lead at the Africa Open. Oosthuizen and Tjaart van der Walt (65) were tied at 21-under overall, one shot ahead of 2009 winner and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen (66). Van der Walt birdied the first four holes at East London Golf Club and had nine in his round, offset…
Defending champion Louis Oosthuizen birdied three of his last four holes to card a 6-under 67 and hold a share of the third-round lead at the Africa Open on Saturday. Tjaart van der Walt was with Oosthuizen at 21 under overall, one shot ahead of 2009 winner and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen.
Defending champion Louis Oosthuizen shot an 11-under 62 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Africa Open.
Defending champion Louis Oosthuizen can't wait to get back to highly regarded East London Golf Club for the Africa Open in early January.
Louis Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open Champion, and young guns Matteo Manassero and Tom Lewis, have joined the glittering field for the Volvo Golf Champions first visit to South Africa.
