MALELANE, South Africa (AP) — Louis Oosthuizen came out on top in his final-round duel with close friend and fellow South African Charl Schwartzel to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Monday for his first European tour title in five years.
Oosthuizen closed with a 3-under 69 to win by two strokes, but only after a nervy finish that saw him make bogey at No. 17 and roll in a long par putt at the par-5 18th hole after hitting his drive into water.
“Just got lucky on this one,” said the 2010 British Open champion, who finished on 18-under 270.
The climax to the tournament was pushed back a day after much of Sunday’s play was wiped out because of stormy weather.
Oosthuizen and Schwartzel, major champions and friends since their days playing junior golf, resumed on the eighth hole in a tie for the lead — three strokes
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