In the surrounds of the richest golf ambiance anywhere and on the threshold of the oldest championship the sport knows, it probably isn’t the proper time to ask if you’ve ever heard of the Greater Milwaukee Open or the Quad City Classic or something called the BC Open, or even the LaCantera Texas Open.

OPEN champion Louis Oosthuizen has splashed out on something special to mark his first major win — a tractor.

JOHN DEERE supplied 939 of the 4,221 new tractors registered in Ireland in 2006, according to the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA).

JOHN DEERE claim 10 to 15% lower operating costs for their tractors when fitted with their AutoTrac automatic guidance system.