Louis Oosthuizen wins the British Open – PGA Golf
Louis Oosthuizen, before the British Open at Saint Andrews this weekend, had attempted to play in seven previous majors. A cut in just one of the seven majors was possible in Louis Oosthuizen attempted to play, which was before July 15, 2010.
On the first day of the British Open, big names, Tiger Woods and John Daly grabbed the headlines, with them, Louis Oosthuizen was right there. On the first day of The Open though, no one paid much attention to Louis Oosthuizen and his -7 score.
At Saint Andrews, day two, no one in the ESPN booth would know how to pronounce Louis Oosthuizen, although everyone knew who he was. Oosthuizen grabbed the lead of The Open and shot a five under with a two-day score of -12.
King Louie or Shrek is what Louis Oosthuizen’s friends refer to him. In a performance that can only be described as “Tiger Like”, he demolished the PGA‘s finest on a Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, he increased his lead to -15 and on Sunday he moved to -16, taming Saint Andrews and winning his first British Open.
Paul Casey never had much of an opportunity to catch Oosthuizen, who made no mistakes, although Casey was Oosthuizen’s closest competitor. To catch Oosthuizen, Casey’s bid was all but over when he shot a seven on the 12th hole. While fellow countryman Lee Westwood finished second, Casey ended up falling to back to third eight shots out.
