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