Oosthuizen: ‘so special waking up next to Jug’

LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN never let the silver Claret Jug out of his sight as he celebrated into the morning hours at the Jigger Inn across from the 17th fairway at St Andrews.

If his seven-shot victory in the British Open felt like a dream, reality arrived when he awoke yesterday.

“I put it next to my bed last night, and I woke up this morning and I looked at it, and I immediately grabbed the phone to text Chubby Chandler, my agent, saying, ‘I’ve got this funny old jug next to my bed.’