Old Lady playing below par

AS always after an Open Championship, especially one at St Andrews, there are many talking points.

However, the victory of a virtually unknown South African by seven strokes supersedes everything.

The odds of 200/1 alongside Louis Oosthuizen before the event were fully justified, given his Tour record. But the past achievements counted for little as he joined the list of shock winners like Ben Curtis at Royal St Georges in 2002 and Todd Hamilton at Troon two years later to have captured the Claret Jug.