{"id":11575,"date":"2012-11-13T03:17:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T03:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11575"},"modified":"2012-11-13T03:17:51","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T03:17:51","slug":"south-african-star-oosthuizen-relishing-trip-to-thailand-golf-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11575","title":{"rendered":"South African star Oosthuizen relishing trip to Thailand Golf Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bangkok:<\/strong> Louis Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open Champion, is looking to end the year on a high by claiming victory at the Asian Tour\u2019s Thailand Golf Championship at the beautiful Amata Spring Country Club, in Chonburi, Thailand from December 6-9. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Oosthuizen, currently sitting at a career high sixth in the latest world rankings, seems to thrive in Asia.&nbsp; He already has one Asian victory to his name this year after bagging the Maybank Malaysian Open title in April and he nearly added a second last week but narrowly missed out to Italian sensation Matteo Maneserro in a play-off for the Barclays Singapore Open title. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cSince turning pro, I\u2019ve been coming to Asia regularly to play a few events, it\u2019s part of my schedule. After the PGA Tour, I\u2019ll do some events in Asia and then some in South Africa. You know what to expect weather wise, that\u2019s the main thing. The golf courses are always good and we are treated really well. Obviously I enjoyed my win in Malaysia and it will be nice going back to Asia,\u201d he said.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u2018Oost\u2019 came agonizingly close to a second Major this year, losing to American Bubba Watson in a play-off for the Masters trophy, and he\u2019s looking forward to renewing battle with the big-hitting American, who has also committed to play in the Thailand Golf Championship, over the Amata Spring Championship course.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI\u2019ve never played the course before. I have seen it on TV and thought it would be good for me to go. I think it\u2019ll be good course to play. There\u2019s a few of us going from the Nedbank Challenge and it should be a fun trip. We\u2019ll see what the course is like,\u201d said Oosthuizen.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Oosthuizen will be joined by fellow South African Charl Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion, in a spectacular field of international talent.&nbsp; As the long season draws to a close Oosthuizen was keen to highlight the importance of playing tournaments around the world.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI think the South African guys are not scared of travelling. Just playing in London or Europe, you\u2019re a long way from home. I\u2019ve got my family most of the times, it\u2019s part of the job. We just like to travel and it\u2019s great to do it.&nbsp; The type of events that Asia has now, the guys will come out to play. You can see more of the guys from around the world coming out to play in Asia,\u201d he said.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Oosthuizen is not the only player coming into form at just the right time.&nbsp; Japanese mega-star Ryo Ishikawa ended a two-year title drought last week when he won the Taiheiyo Masters to become the youngest player ever to record 10 victories on the Japan Tour.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Northern Ireland\u2019s Darren Clarke, winner of the 2011 Open Championship, completes the quartet of Major winners playing the Thailand Golf Championship, which offers a prize fund of US$1 million and is the penultimate event on the 2012 Asian Tour Schedule.&nbsp; The stellar field also includes former world number one Lee Westwood, Ryder Cup hero Sergio Garcia, PGA Tourstar Hunter Mahan and crowd favourite John Daly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangkok: Louis Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open Champion, is looking to end the year on a high by claiming victory at the Asian Tour\u2019s Thailand Golf Championship at the beautiful Amata Spring Country Club, in Chonburi, Thailand from December 6-9. &nbsp;&nbsp;Oosthuizen, currently sitting at a career high sixth in the latest world rankings, seems to thrive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[7283,766,466,1645,7284],"class_list":["post-11575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news","tag-amata-spring-country-club","tag-darren-clarke","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-louis-oosthuizen","tag-matteo-maneserro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South African star Oosthuizen relishing trip to Thailand Golf Championship - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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