Louis Oosthuizen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Louis Oosthuizen
Personal Information
Birth October 19, 1982 (1982-10-19) (age 25)
Mossel Bay, South Africa
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg)
Nationality Flag of South Africa South Africa
Residence Pinnacle Point, South Africa
College None
Career
Turned Pro 2002
Current tour European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Professional wins 4 (Sunshine Tour: 4)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters DNP
U.S. Open DNP
British Open CUT: 2004, 2006
PGA Championship DNP

Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen (born 19 October 1982) is a South African golfer.

Oosthuizen was born in Mossel Bay, South Africa. In 2000 he was a member of the South African team that won the World Amateur Team Championships. He won numerous amateur titles before turning professional in 2002 at the age of 19.

He has won four professional tournaments on the Sunshine Tour, the 2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella, the 2007 Dimension Data Pro-Am and the Telkom PGA Championship twice, in 2007 and 2008. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003 and has been a member of the European Tour since 2004. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Contents

[edit] Amateur wins (6)

  • 2000 World Junior Championship
  • 2001 All African Games (Kenya), Transvaal Amateur Stroke Play Championship (South Africa)
  • 2002 Indian Amateur Open Championship (tied), Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship, Natal Open Stroke Play Championship (South Africa)

[edit] Professional wins (4)

[edit] Sunshine Tour wins (4)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 2004 2005 2006
The Masters DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

[edit] Amateur

[edit] External links

This biographical article related to golf is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.