Louis Oosthuizen went back-to-back on the DP World Tour because the South African adopted up his Alfred Dunhill Championship victory with one on the AfrAsia Financial institution Mauritius Open.
He’s the second straight member of LIV Golf to win two weeks straight within the “Opening Swing,” a six-event sequence on the DP World Tour held in Australia, South Africa and Mauritius.
Fellow Stinger GC teammate and South African Dean Burmester was the primary when he received the Joburg Open and the Investec South African Open Championship.
Final week’s win for Oosthuizen was his first in 5 years. As a substitute of ready one other 5 years for a victory, the 2010 Open Champion made good only one week later. This marked the first time in his profession that he had gone back-to-back.
“Golf is the strangest factor. The final 5 weeks, I’ve not accomplished loads with golf. I’ve performed a number of rounds, and once I obtained to Leopard Creek, I used to be engaged on a small factor,” Oosthuizen stated. “I began hitting it actually good. I do know I’m placing properly, after which I simply carried on with that momentum.”
He fired off a last spherical 69 to get to 17-under within the event. He held off Laurie Canter by two photographs for the win.
Oosthuizen entered Sunday with a one-shot lead at Heritage La Réserve Golf Membership. Nonetheless, he shortly noticed it disappear as Canter, Sebastian Söderberg, and Jacques de Villiers all held the lead sooner or later.
There was some drama over the again 9 for the LIV golf captain and people battling, however his 69 was sufficient to get him the win.
“I began very poorly. That errant second shot on 16 made it attention-grabbing, however I hit a number of good photographs coming in… I’m glad I held onto that one,” he stated. “I’m glad I might pull this off this week. It’s a dream come true to play a event on a golf course you helped design and find yourself successful it. That is the first occasion my daughters have been to the place I received — that is very particular.”
Oosthuizen dropped a shot after he missed the inexperienced on the fourth. Then there was a two-shot swing on the par-5 fifth as he wanted to drop off the tee. De Villiers obtained up and down for birdie on that gap.
De Villiers took the solo lead on the sixth after he made a wonderful up-and-down. Nonetheless, Oosthuizen didn’t let that have an effect on him. He took benefit of the seventh and eighth holes, which helped him regain a share of the lead.
His lengthy birdie putt on the tenth was a momentum shifter for the 41-year-old. Nonetheless, De Villiers didn’t go quietly. He made birdies on 12 and 13 to share the lead.
However the South African performed properly down the stretch. A birdie on the 18th solidified the two-shot win.
This victory from the 14-time PGA Tour winner extends LIV Golf’s win streak to 5 in a row. It has been all LIV Golf since Min Woo Lee received the primary “Open Swing” occasion. Burmester received the next two occasions. Joaquin Niemann received the ISPS Handa Australian Open, and now Oosthuizen has claimed the ultimate two tournaments.
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