Oosthuizen withdraws from Nelson before 4th round
Louis Oosthuizen withdrew from the Byron Nelson Championship before the final round Sunday because of a neck issue.
The 2010 British Open champion was at 3-under 207 and tied for 32nd place after shooting even-par 70 in the third round.
Oosthuizen entered the Nelson with the No. 7 world ranking, the highest-ranked player in the field. He had missed the cut in his only other Nelson...
Louis Oosthuizen and the 500-Yard Drive
This is one of those things that you just have to see to believe. Even after I saw it I wasn't a 100 percent sure I believed it. It is pretty much the tale of the never ending golf shot; or at least it seemed like it was never going to end.
It isn't a Happy Gillmore-esque type shot, but Louis Oosthuizen does get a bit of assistance in knocking this drive a good 500 or...
Louis Oosthuizen drove a 500 yard drive all the way home
Louis Oosthuizen hit a 500 yard drive with the help of a path during the second round of the Ballantine's Championship in Korea.
And then he couldn't birdie the 583-yard par 5.
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Louis Oosthuizen hit a 500-yard drive, thanks to the cart path (VIDEO)
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Louis Oosthuizen hit a 500-yard drive on a 583 yard par 5 first hole at the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea on Friday. Oosthuizen’s ball rolled along the cart path for approximately two minutes (time it, if you want) before coming to rest about 83 yards from the hole.
My favorite part of the video are the people at the 1:20 mark who are clueless as to what’s...
Louis Oosthuizen drives a golf ball 500 yards in South Korean tourney
Louis Oosthuizen hammers a golf ball 500 yards at the Ballentine's Championship tournament in South Korea.
Louis Oosthuizen Hits a 500 Yard Drive, With An Assist From a Cart Path
Louis Oosthuizen hit a monstrous 500 yard drive during the second round of the Ballantine’s Championship in Korea, but he also had a little help. Check out how Louis used a cart path to his advantage and turned what could have been a bad situation to a pretty great opportunity. The ball spent over a full minute and a half rolling along the cart path. [Golf Blogger] Article found...
Louis Oosthuizen's colossal 500-yard drive is pretty funny
Louis Oosthuizen already averages more than 300 yards per drive on the European Tour this season, but not usually in the manner he did in the Ballantine's Championship.
Oosthuizen's tee-shot on the 583-yard first hole at Blackstone Golf Club was pushed right of the fairway and bounced onto a winding cart path running down the side of the hole. It then rolled downhill for...
Video: Louis Oosthuizen hits 500-yard drive with aid of cart path on European Tour
Tweet At any given golf tournament, people are going to ooh and ah when a golfer hits a drive around 350 yards. That means he’s absolutely killing the ball off of the tee. A 350-yard drive doesn’t compare to what Louis Oosthuizen unleashed on Friday during the second round of the Ballantine’s Championship in Korea [...]
5 players hold clubhouse lead in Seoul
Five players hold the clubhouse lead after shooting 5-under 67s on Thursday in the incomplete first round of the fog-affected Ballantine's Championship.
Jean Baptiste Gonnet, Johan Edfors, Kieran Pratt, Matthew Baldwin and Kim Gi-wang are leading after fog engulfed the Blackstone course to force a delay of 2 hours, 10 minutes. Half the field will complete their rounds early...
5 share clubhouse lead in Ballantine's
Five players hold the clubhouse lead after shooting 5-under 67 on Thursday in the incomplete first round of the fog-affected Ballantine's Championship, with former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen a stroke back with two holes to play.
Jean Baptiste Gonnet, Johan Edfors, Kieran Pratt, Matthew Baldwin and Kim Gi-wang are leading after fog engulfed the Blackstone course to...
Oosthuizen at Ballantine's despite war threat
Despite the threat of war on the Korean peninsula, the Ballantine's Championship will go ahead as planned.
Some Americans pulled out of the European and Asian Tours event in Seoul because of the situation, but 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen decided to make the trip.
''I definitely had second thoughts about coming here as Zach (Johnson), Dustin (Johnson...
The Maste…/slapped with cease and desist
On Masters Eve, I’ve noticed an eerie calm. Consider the past three Masters starting with Phil’s 2010 win highlighted by his incendiary Saturday and shot from the trees on Sunday. The 2011 Masters, where Tiger’s front 9 charge lit the fuse for what was one of the most incredible golf tournaments I’ve ever seen that would’ve been almost impossible to top if not for Louis...
The 5 greatest shots at the Masters
No other major championship has a greater collection of signature shots than the Masters, mainly because it's the only major held on the same course. And it helps that Augusta National is such a course that allows for such big moments.
There was the ''shot heard `round the world'' and a shot right out of ''Bubba golf.'' There has been an eagle...
Oosthuizen wins Shot of the Year
Louis Oosthuizen's albatross at the Masters last April has earned him the European Tour's Shot of the Year award.
The tour says in a statement Monday that Oosthuizen's shot received 46 percent of the voting by golf fans on its website.
The South African has received much acclaim for the shot, a 253-yard 4-iron, which pitched at the front of the green before rolling...
Oosthuizen wins Europe's Shot of the Year award
Louis Oosthuizen's albatross at the U.S. Masters last April has earned him the European Tour's Shot of the Year award.
The tour says in a statement Monday that Oosthuizen's shot received 46 percent of the voting by golf fans on its website.
The South African has received much acclaim for the shot, a 253-yard 4-iron, which pitched at the front of the green before rolling...
Jamieson leads by five in Durban
Scott Jamieson of Scotland had a 4-under-par 68 Saturday and took a five-shot lead in the Volvo Champions on Saturday as Louis Oosthuizen faded in the third round at Durban Country Club.
Jamieson began the day a stroke behind the former British Open champion in the European Tour event, but he finished with a 15-under total to lead Oosthuizen (74), Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand (73...
Oosthuizen shoots a final-round 66
Louis Oosthuizen shot a final-round, 6-under-par 66 to win the Volvo Champions from overnight leader Scott Jamieson of Scotland by a single stroke on Sunday.
Oosthuizen, a South Africa native, finished with a 16-under total of 272 at Durban Country Club to wrap up the victory after the Scot narrowly missed a chip on the 18th hole for eagle.
Jamieson, who led by five shots heading...
Oosthuizen takes 1-shot lead, excavator in Durban
Adds detail, quotes. Louis Oosthuizen made a long birdie putt at the final green to take a one-shot lead after the second round of the Volvo Champions - and swapped a car for an excavator to use on his South African farm.
Oosthuizen had an 8-under 64 Friday on a rain-softened Durban Country Club course for a 12-under 132 total, one shot ahead of Scotland's Scott Jamieson (64...
Oosthuizen takes lead in Durban
Louis Oosthuizen holed a long birdie putt at the final green to take a one-shot lead after the second round of the Volvo Champions - and earn himself an excavator to use on his South African farm.
Oosthuizen carded an 8-under 64 on a rain-softened Durban Country Club course for a 12-under total of 132 to sit one shot clear of Scotland's Scott Jamieson and and Thailand's...
Teen topples Oosthuizen in Singapore
Matteo Manassero, 19, holed a 12-foot eagle putt on the third playoff hole against Louis Oosthuizen to win his third career European PGA Tour title on Sunday at the Singapore Open.
Here are Five Things to take away from Manassero's victory:
1. Manassero for three!
Three was definitely Matteo Manassero's lucky number on Sunday as he knocked off Louis Oosthuizen on the...
Oosthuizen owning the par-5 holes
Five Things from the second round of the HSBC Champions:
1. Louis, Louis
Louis Oosthuizen is halfway to his 10th career victory, holding a five-shot lead in the HSBC Champions at Mission Hills Golf Club.
Oosthuizen, 30, continued to master the Olazabal Course, recording a 9-under-par 63 Friday after an opening 65. The South African sits at 16-under 128. Australian Adam Scott...
Westwood, Oosthuizen share HSBC lead
Lee Westwood made 11 birdies to shoot a 61 on Saturday and grab a share of the lead with struggling Louis Oosthuizen after the third round of the HSBC Champions.
Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion, came into the weekend with a five-stroke lead over the field, but struggled with his putting and carded a 70.
The South African had a chance to retake the lead with a 15-foot...
Mickelson at ease in HSBC Champions
While Louis Oosthuizen and Adam Scott picked up first-round, 7-under-par 65s, it was the play of Phil Mickelson that captured the most attention on Thursday at the HSBC Champions in China, as the southpaw was a fairway machine en route to a 6-under 66.
Here are Five Things to take away from the first round of the WGC event:
1. Great start for Lefty
Earlier in the week at the...
Scott, Oosthuizen share lead at HSBC Champions
Louis Oosthuizen and Adam Scott both shot rounds of 7-under 65 to share the HSBC Champions lead after the opening day Thursday.
Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open-winner, played a bogey-free round with seven birdies, while this year's runner up, Scott finished his round with two birdies and an eagle on the par-5 ninth hole. Scott had six birdies for the day against one bogey...
Oosthuizen takes big lead in China
Louis Oosthuizen shot a blistering 9-under 63 on Friday to set a new 36-hole World Golf Championship record and open up a commanding five-stroke lead after the second round of the HSBC Champions at Mission Hills.
The 2010 British Open champion, the co-leader overnight, had eight birdies and an eagle to offset one bogey.
He now sits at 16-under 128 overall; the best 36-hole round...
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