British Open notes: Oosthuizen finishes second – again

He is on 12-under par, alongside Louis Oosthuizen and Jason Day.

One he’d rather not have.

And Oosthuizen, who stated his belief that Dunne can “absolutely” claim victory, expects the battle for 2015’s third major to go down to the wire Monday with the top 25 separated by only five shots.

Louis Oosthuizen hopes his past success will give him the edge as he heads into the final round of the Open Championship at St Andrews with a share of the lead.

Oosthuizen three-putted for bogey on the par three eighth after a poor tee shot left his ball 30 yards away from the hole, albeit still on the massive putting surface.

Oosthuizen misread putts on the final two playoff holes – one from 5 feet, the other from 12 feet – that could have forced sudden death.

“I always wanted to be the first Aussie to win the Masters, but you know, Scottie (Adam Scott in 2013) beat me to it. I think it’s going to be one of the tightest Opens”.

“If we were playing an amateur event here, I wouldn’t be too surprised by the scores I shot”.

He has yet to win a major in his career, finishing second at the US Open in 2011, and tied for second at the same tournament in 2013 as well as the 2011 Masters. I’ll take a lot out of the putts I made to be able to get in the playoff, the shots I pulled off, the little second on 18. Nearly a month ago to the day, Oosthuizen was beaten in regulation by Jordan Spieth at the U.S. Open. I’m not saying that I played badly, but I didn’t feel like I was totally smooth and totally on. Leishman (available each-way at 80/1 prior to the tournament and who took 16% of the #PuntoftheWeek vote this week) bogeyed the first while Oosthuizen and Johnson both made birdies.

He has shown more than enough game to win another.

The strong play of the 32-year-old this season has seen a steady rise in his world ranking of 45th starting 2015, to his current position of 13th following his Open performance.

On a leaderboard dominated by Spieth and a bunch of major winners, Leishman was the definite outsider.

Reacts to THAT missed putt.

Leishman won’t fret over the loss for long, not after what he went through earlier this year. She’s better now, and her husband has a new perspective. “It would have been nice to have a Claret Jug to drink out of to celebrate, but I’ll find something else”. But he recovered his poise down what was rapidly turning into a ferocious back nine, to keep within a birdie of the leaders.