Apart from his swing, he also wants to become more consistent with his wedges and no one who saw him in action this year would dare to suggest a second major is beyond his reach. is on a never-ending quest to push himself. But I want to get my mind focused on being on top of my game at the majors,” Oosthuizen explained. I’ll be playing both tours, splitting it 50/50, which will be tough. So the Open just topped off the year, really, and playing in the Sun City Challenge last week was also very special,” Oosthuizen said.ĭespite ending the year in such a state of fatigue, having also suffered from a stomach virus at Sun City, Oosthuizen is planning an ambitious split schedule next year between the U.S. But winning in Andalucia was also quite special because it took me a while to break through in Europe. Also, check your passport and make sure it is current. As hunting consultants, we can help with that. Major championships are what we work for, it’s what we enjoy playing in. Taking firearms to South Africa You need to get a letter of invitation to come on a hunt from your PH prior to traveling to South Africa. It definitely gave me a lot of confidence to tee it up in all sorts of different tournaments. “I always saw myself as winning one of the majors, but I didn’t think it would happen so soon. He returned in time for the finale, the Dubai World Championship, and finished 13th to claim 10th spot in the Race to Dubai. The South African endured a disappointing end to his breakthrough season, tearing ankle ligaments while on a hunting trip and missing seven weeks as the European Tour reached its climax. It makes it difficult to play well, it gets to you in the end,” Oosthuizen told Reuters in an interview on Friday during the Alfred Dunhill Championship. You want to do everything, but it’s tough being mentally tired.
“The year is getting very long, I had a very difficult schedule with the Sunshine Tour at the end too. “The Open win has definitely sunk in, I’ve been feeling drained for the last five months,” he says. The 28-year-old admits he did not realise the biggest year of his career would tire him out so much.
MALELANE, South Africa, Dec 10 (Reuters) - British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen looks a wreck as he takes a seat on a couch in the plush Leopard Creek clubhouse, the sweat from a round in sub-tropical heat still glistening in his stubble.īut the fatigue is mostly mental, even though Oosthuizen has just taken 71 shots to get around the course in the steaming heat of South Africa’s lowveld.
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