Louis Oosthuizen wins Mauritius Open; 2nd straight on DP World Tour

Louis Oosthuizen accomplished back-to-back wins on the DP World Tour with a 2-shot victory on the Mauritius Open on Sunday, overcoming early jitters to card a final-round 69 on the new La Reserve Golf Membership on a course he helped to design.

The South African final week claimed the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek for his first event success in 5 years, and he repeated the feat six days later with by taking pictures 17 below to complete two forward of England’s Laurie Canter.

Oosthuizen began his closing spherical with a 1-shot lead, however bogeys on the fourth and fifth holes meant he was 2 over for the spherical early on.

However he regained his rhythm and managed six birdies, together with on the par-5 closing gap, to complete in model.

“Coming right here, it felt like a little bit of a house play as a result of I used to be co-designer on the course, however the final two weeks have been actually particular and I hope I can repeat it sooner or later,” Oosthuizen mentioned. “The golf course was recent and new however nonetheless had its tooth and confirmed numerous good holes on the market. To get it prepared for the event was an unbelievable effort by everybody.”

A trio of gamers completed at 14 below in joint third, together with Swede Sebastian Söderberg, who carded a 63 on Sunday to roar into competition late. He began his closing spherical with a bogey however sank 10 birdies over the following 17 holes.

South African Jacques de Villiers (71) and Daniel Brown (65) from England shared third with Söderberg.