Louis Oosthuizen

Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen (born 19 October 1982) is a South African golfer.

Oosthuizen was born in Mossel Bay, South Africa. In 2000 he was a member of the South African team that won the World Amateur Team Championships. He won numerous amateur titles before turning professional in 2002 at the age of 19.

He has won four professional tournaments on the Sunshine Tour, the 2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella, the 2007 Dimension Data Pro-Am and the Telkom PGA Championship twice, in 2007 and 2008. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003 and has been a member of the European Tour since 2004. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Amateur wins (6)

*2000 World Junior Championship
*2001 All African Games (Kenya), Transvaal Amateur Stroke Play Championship (South Africa)
*2002 Indian Amateur Open Championship (tied), Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship, Natal Open Stroke Play Championship (South Africa)

Professional wins (4)

unshine Tour wins (4)

*2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella
*2007 Dimension Data Pro-Am, Telkom PGA Championship
*2008 Telkom PGA Championship

Results in major championships

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

*Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 2002

External links

* [http://www.europeantour.com/publish.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7B20E6AA6B%2D0225%2D4C71%2DBD89%2D2ACBEE615D69%7D&playerId=32015 Profile on European Tour's official site]
* [http://www.sunshinetour.info/profiles/OOS006.htm Profile on Sunshine Tour's official site]
* [http://www.owgr.com/players/bio.sps?ID=7672 Results in ranking events for the last two years from the Official World Ranking site]