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GOLF: Oosthuizen confirms he will play at SMBC S’pore Open

SINGAPORE - US PGA Championship runner-up Louis Oosthuizen has become the next big name to confirm his participation at next January’s US$1 million (S$1.35 million) SMBC Singapore Open, organisers announced today.

Louis Oosthuizen finished second and third in his previous two appearances at the Singapore Open. Photo: SMBC Singapore Open

Louis Oosthuizen finished second and third in his previous two appearances at the Singapore Open. Photo: SMBC Singapore Open

SINGAPORE - US PGA Championship runner-up Louis Oosthuizen has become the next big name to confirm his participation at next January’s US$1 million (S$1.35 million) SMBC Singapore Open, organisers announced today.

The South African golfer, who finished second in the 2012 Singapore, and third a year later, will join reigning Masters champion Segio Garcia at the Serapong Course at Sentosa Golf Club from January 18-21.

Oosthuizen is a 2010 Open Championship winner, but currently, it is his record haul of second placings in Major championships that his name is best associated with.

By finishing joint second in the US PGA Championship last month, he became only the seventh golfer ever to finish runner-up in all four Majors. The others are Craig Wood, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Greg Norman, and Phil Mickelson.

Oosthuizen’s record of runner-up finishes are: the 2012 US Masters, where he lost in a sudden death play-off, the 2015 US Open, the 2015 Open Championship where he was defeated in a four-hole aggregate playoff, and this year’s PGA Championship.

He is determined to finish top dog in Singapore next year though.

“You could say I have some unfinished business in Singapore,” said Oosthuizen.

“I am really looking forward to getting back there and playing in the SMBC Singapore Open. It will be the perfect way for me to start the season, on a great golf course, where I have great memories and where I know I can win.”

Oosthuizen is an eight-time winner on the European Tour – including the 2012 Malaysian Open - and in South Africa he has triumphed on seven occasions.

“I am really focused on winning titles and competing week in and week out and in 2018 that hopefully means starting with the SMBC Singapore Open,” added the 34-year-old.

He was recently selected to represent the International team in this month’s Presidents Cup – an event he also played in 2013 and 2015.

Thailand’s Prayad Marksaeng won last year’s SMBC Singapore Open.

Next year’s competition will be the 52nd edition. It is jointly sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Japan Golf Tour Organisation and will form the opening event of the season on both circuits.

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