Oosthuizen’s seven-stroke triumph over Lee Westwood at St Andrews in 2010 represents the second-biggest winning margin in The Open since 1913, beaten only by Tiger Woods in 2000.
At the time he was world-ranked 54th and a 200/1 long shot, having previously made only one cut in a major, but five years later he nearly lifted the Claret Jug on the Old Course once again. In a play-off with Zach Johnson and Marc Leishman he started the four extra holes with a birdie, but Johnson matched it and went on to win by one.
The South African has finished second in all four majors, accumulating a total of six runner-up placings. In addition to coming second at The 144th Open, he also lost a play-off to Bubba Watson in the 2012 Masters after an albatross on the second hole, finished one stroke behind Jordan Spieth at the 2015 U.S. Open and was the joint runner-up at the PGA Championship in 2017. He was then second again in the two most recent majors, the 2021 PGA and U.S. Open.
Oosthuizen has reached world No. 4 and his career also contains nine European Tour titles, most recently an emotional six-stroke victory in the 2018 South African Open, a 57 on his home Mossel Bay course and four Presidents Cup caps.
