Golf: Oosthuizen smashes Tiger mark
Oosthuizen breaks Woods’ record for the lowest halfway score in World Golf Championships history.
DONGGUAN:
Louis Oosthuizen smashed Tiger Woods’ record for the lowest halfway score in World Golf Championships history as he opened up a big five-stroke lead at China’s $7 million WGC-HSBC Champions.
Oosthuizen’s nine-under-par 63, helped by a run of eagle, birdie, birdie, birdie, birdie, left him 16 under through 36 holes, beating Woods’ 15-under score at the 2000 Bridgestone Invitational and 2006 Cadillac championship. His second round, which followed Thursday’s 65, put clear distance between the South African and nearest rivals Adam Scott and Ernie Els, who shared second spot on 11-under-par 133.
“There’s still a lot of golf to be played,” said Oosthuizen. “I need to put myself in a great position going down the back nine on Sunday.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2012.
Louis Oosthuizen smashed Tiger Woods’ record for the lowest halfway score in World Golf Championships history as he opened up a big five-stroke lead at China’s $7 million WGC-HSBC Champions.
Oosthuizen’s nine-under-par 63, helped by a run of eagle, birdie, birdie, birdie, birdie, left him 16 under through 36 holes, beating Woods’ 15-under score at the 2000 Bridgestone Invitational and 2006 Cadillac championship. His second round, which followed Thursday’s 65, put clear distance between the South African and nearest rivals Adam Scott and Ernie Els, who shared second spot on 11-under-par 133.
“There’s still a lot of golf to be played,” said Oosthuizen. “I need to put myself in a great position going down the back nine on Sunday.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2012.