Louis Oosthuizen takes halfway lead at Malaysian Open - Golf News
Louis Oosthuizen carded a four-under par 68 in the second round of the Maybank Malaysian Open to take a one-stroke lead over Stephen Gallacher, Otto Hennie and Jbe Kruger at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club.
The tournament officials had to call off the second day early on Friday evening because of the thunderstorms that hit the area. Consequently, the second round completed on Saturday morning.
Oosthuizen was eight under for the tournament when he entered the field. Thereafter, he managed to score two birdies to surpass Kruger and Hennie on the leaderboard.
According to him, he has left the Masters’ defeat behind him and he is no more thinking about what happened at the Augusta National.
Currently, his complete focus is on maintaining consistency in his performance as well as playing his natural game.
"It's nice playing in the mornings here -- you feel loose because it's so hot," Oosthuizen said. "I felt comfortable this morning, I had a good night's rest, felt comfortable on the range and started off with hitting a few good shots".
He will now be having a few hours’ break prior to the start of his third round.
"I'm probably going to just hang out here. I brought the laptop with me so I'm probably just going to surf the Internet and just sit and wait," he said.
Meanwhile, Hennie had the best run in the second round as he managed to score a bogey-free eight-under par. His performance included a total of eight birdies to tie for the second position.
Hennie was among the late comers at the Malaysian Open. Consequently, he did not have much time to practice on the course on Wednesday. Yet, he managed to put an excellent score on the leaderboard.
He said that he blindly played the course on Thursday. However, he later realized that the par-five holes can easily earn him birdies.
Therefore, he played solidly on Friday and made a huge jump on the leaderboard to finish one stroke behind Oosthuizen.
Romain Wallet added another 68 to his score to take the fifth spot with an eight-under par tournament score. Martin Kaymer was further a shot behind to tie for sixth place.
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