Oosthuizen returns in search of groove

LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN will begin the defence of his British Open title this week still searching for the groove that landed him golf’s biggest prize at St Andrews 12 months ago.

Oosthuizen returns in search of groove

At the Home of Golf last year, the South African did a great impression of a pacemaker in a long-distance foot race who just keeps running while the rest of the field forgot to stay in touch, as he built on his 36- and then 54-hole lead to win by seven strokes from Lee Westwood.

Yet by his own admission, Oosthuizen has shown sluggish form since and despite a European Tour victory at the start of the year in his homeland at the Africa Open, there have been only glimpses of good form.

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