Louis Oosthuizen

Louis Oosthuizen at the Presidents Cup

A brilliant winner of the 2010 Open at St Andrews, the South African has one of the most admired swings in the game.

Louis Oosthuizen continues the rich tradition of South Africa punching above its weight as a golfing power.
Oosthuizen became the sixth South African to win a Major when he caused a massive upset at the 2010 Open Championship.

His quest to add to that solitary Major has seen him come painfully close but fall narrowly short on several occasions. He has finished as runner-up in all four Majors, losing playoffs at the 2012 Masters and the 2015 British Open, while narrowly missing out on three separate occasions in 2021.

Oosthuizen credits the round of 57 he shot at the Mossel Bay Golf Course in 2002 with giving him the self-belief to pursue a career in the sport.

His professional success has largely been confined to the European Tour and the affiliated Sunshine Tour, which is based in his native South Africa.

Winning the 2013 Volvo Golf Champions propelled Oosthuizen to a career-high fourth place in the Official World Golf Rankings.

In a career spanning two decades, Oosthuizen has won 14 professional events and represented South Africa in the 2011 World Cup of Golf.
Oosthuizen has also represented the International team against the United States in the Presidents Cup four times (2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019).
In 2016, he lost in the final of the WGC Match Play to Jason Day, which remains the closest he has come to winning a World Golf Championship.
Louis Oosthuizen

Louis Oosthuizen at the 2020 Masters

He received material support from fellow South African golfer Ernie Els during the early days of his career through the former world number one's charitable foundation.

Oosthuizen doesn't have the power game of some of the latest generation of golfers but his smooth, rythmical swing is one of the most admired in the game.

Amateur career

Turning pro

The European Tour is calling

Taste of Major success but also near misses

Louis Oosthuizen's personal life

Louis Oosthuizen's net worth