Louis Oosthuizen leads Mauritius Open, eyes 2nd straight win

BEL-OMBRE, Mauritius — Louis Oosthuizen moved into place to win on the European tour for the second straight week after making three eagles in a 7-under 65 to take the third-round lead on the Mauritius Open on Saturday.

Oosthuizen was on 14-under par for the event and 1 shot away from fellow South African Jacques de Villiers (68), with Laurie Canter (65) an additional 2 strokes again in third.

Oosthuizen’s exceptional spherical at La Réserve Golf Hyperlinks included back-to-back eagles at Nos. 5 and 6 — the latter coming when he pitched over a bunker earlier than the ball rolled into the cup — and one other eagle on the par-5 fifteenth gap due to a protracted, uphill, right-to-left putt.

He additionally made 4 birdies and three bogeys.

Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open champion, claimed his tenth European tour title — and first in 5 years — by profitable the Alfred Dunhill Championship in his native nation Monday.

Sebastian Söderberg led after the second spherical however shot 77 to drop into twenty second place, 9 strokes off the lead.

The Mauritius Open completes the swing of tournaments in Africa earlier than the European tour takes a break till January for a string of occasions within the Center East, beginning with the Dubai Invitational on Jan. 11.