Open Diary: Louis Oosthuizen turning out to be the ace in the pack

To score a hole-in-one in a major championship is a rare feat. 

Louis Oosthuizen yesterday made his second ace in three majors. The drinks were on the South African at Augusta National in April when his tee shot at 16 cannoned off playing partner JB Holmes’s ball and into the hole. Yesterday in the opening round at Royal Troon, the 2010 Open champion’s ball went in unaided at the 178-yard par-3 14th, the first at that hole since Pierre Fulke in 1997.

Not that Oosthuizen didn’t need some assistance, admitting that his caddie Greg Hearmon had persuaded him to change his club selection.