About 60 junior golfers played in the Louis Oosthuizen Tournament on the Glacier by Sanlam Junior Series at Mossel Bay Golf Club on Sunday. Photo: Michael Vlismas
Louis Oosthuizen will attempt to win a second Open Championship at Muirfield this week, but a concern has been put forward regarding his putting grip. And it comes from a 12-year-old.
Keano Hendricks was one of about 60 junior golfers who teed it up in the tournament Oosthuizen sponsored on the Glacier by Sanlam Junior Series at Mossel Bay Golf Club on Sunday.
Oosthuizen is one of several of South Africa’s young professional stars who support this nationwide series of 25 junior tournaments.
And he’s certainly one of the most popular, with the majority of the junior golfers hoping he wins the Open for a second time this week.
But that’s not to say that some of them don’t still have a bit of advice for the world number 10.
“I’m very concerned about his putting grip,” says Hendricks, who is a keen student of the game he plays off a 24 handicap.
“Louis is a great player but sometimes he makes mistakes on the greens. I think his putting needs work. I’d change his grip. I don’t like his putting grip.”
Malcolm Hamilton, 11, has some straightforward advice for the winner of the 2010 Open Championship and a multitude of tournaments worldwide.
“Just don’t mess up. I think Louis is a very good golfer. But sometimes he can mess up. He just mustn’t mess up.”
