Golf-No more Whistling Straits nerves for Oosthuizen

[Sports News]

By Mark Lamport-Stokes Aug 8 (Reuters) - Still feeling emotionally bruised after losing out in a three-way playoff for last month's British Open, South African Louis Oosthuizen relishes the prospect of another links-style challenge at this week's PGA Championship. The last time the year's final major was staged at Whistling Straits, in 2010, Oosthuizen arrived at the venue fresh from a commanding seven-stroke victory at the British Open but he went on to miss the cut after two "very nervous" opening rounds. Five years later, he is certainly a much changed and more experienced player and will be targeting a second major victory after posting runner-up finishes in his last two grand slam title bids -- at the U.S. Open and British Open.

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