Oosthuizen, Schwartzel turn up pressure on Kaymer at Nedbank Golf Challenge
There is a thing about Martin Kaymer’s golf – it is always consistent, be it the 2010 PGA Championship or the 2012 Ryder Cup. That is what has worked to bring him on top in the third round at Nedbank’s Golf Challenge, South Africa.
The third round started well for the German golfer, Kaymer, and would have been a breeze had it not been for the single bogey on the par-4 eighth hole.
The recovery, however, was excellent, that saw Kaymer topping holes nine, 13 and 14 with birdies on each. The former world number four concluded the day tallying an acceptable 5-under par 211 overall.
Louis Oosthuizen should be taking notes. He is, besides Charl Schwartzel, South Africa’s one great hope at the Nedbank Golf Challenge trophy this season.
South Africa has not had a win here at Gary Player Country Club for the better part of five years now, but with the Oosthuizen-Schwartzel duo, great strokes await.
The pair is trailing the German leader, Charl Schwartzel two strokes down and the 2010 Open Champion Louis Oosthuizen just one.
Oosthuizen scored the round three’s best total. The English Justin Rose, apparently the highest-ranked player present on the field that day, was the only one to keep up with the impressive 3-under-par 69.
Oosthuizen’s only spoliation when he teed off the front nine was the unwelcome bogey on the tenth hole.
Nevertheless, his handful five birdies were able to take the punishment, and with an overall 4-under-par 212, he is literally breathing down Kaymer’s neck.
“I would not be surprised if it is seven under winning it tomorrow,” Oosthuizen said. “I think tomorrow you just need to stay very patient and give yourself a shot with four to five holes to go.”
He hoped to make a “great finish” to a “good season”, adding “I have played really well the whole season, one or two came really close to a few as well and I think winning it here would mean everything”.
"All in all,” said Oosthuizen at the close of the interview, “the golf course is getting the better of everyone".
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