Louis Oosthuizen
| Louis Oosthuizen | |
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| — Golfer — | |
Oosthuizen after winning the 2010 Open Championship at St Andrews.
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Lodewicus Theodorus Oosthuizen |
| Born |
19 October 1982 Mossel Bay, South Africa |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Nationality |
 South Africa
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| Residence |
Mossel Bay, South Africa Manchester, England Jupiter, Florida |
| Spouse | Nel-Mare (m. 2007) |
| Children | Jana, Sophia, Emma |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2002 |
| Current tour(s) |
European Tour Sunshine Tour PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 13 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| European Tour | 8 |
| Asian Tour | 2 |
| Sunshine Tour | 7 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Masters Tournament | 2nd: 2012 |
| U.S. Open | T2: 2015 |
| The Open Championship | Won: 2010 |
| PGA Championship | T15: 2014 |
Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen (/ˈluːiː ˈwʊst.haɪzən/; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈlu.i ˈoəstɦœizən]; born 19 October 1982) is a South African professional golfer who won the 2010 Open Championship and has finished runner-up in a further three major championships: the 2012 Masters Tournament losing in a sudden death playoff, the 2015 U.S. Open, and the 2015 Open Championship where he was defeated in a four-hole aggregate playoff. His highest placing on the Official World Golf Ranking is fourth which he achieved in January 2013.
Oosthuizen was born in Mossel Bay, South Africa. His early career was supported financially for three years by the foundation of fellow South African golfer Ernie Els. He won numerous amateur titles before turning professional in 2002 at the age of 19.
He has won five professional tournaments on the Sunshine Tour: the 2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour event at Arabella, the 2007 Dimension Data Pro-Am and Platinum Classic, and the Telkom PGA Championship twice, in 2007 and 2008.
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