AFP - British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen holed a birdie putt on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off Sunday and added the Africa Open to his trophy collection.
While Oosthuizen sank a nine-footer for a three after a tee shot that took a lucky bounce after appearing destined for rough at the par-four 18th, Spaniard Manuel Quiros and Englishman Chris Wood had to settle for pars.
Oosthuizen (70), Quiros (69) and Wood (68) completed their four rounds on 16-under 276 at East London Golf Club and the absence of wind from the final 18 holes made scoring conditions favourable.
Success was particularly sweet for world number 21 Oosthuizen, who has endured some bad luck since rocking the golf world last July with a seven-stroke British Open triumph at St Andrews.
After injuring his ankle while hunting, he finished last at the invitational Sun City Challenge last month and missed the Alfred Dunhill Championship cut a week later.
But a third-place finish at the pre-Christmas South African Open in Durban despite battling to drop birdie putts signalled that a recovery was imminent and he was a deserved and popular winner in this Eastern Cape city.
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