{"id":9539,"date":"2012-04-01T15:45:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T13:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/golf-south-african-oosthuizen-takes-houston-control\/"},"modified":"2012-04-01T15:45:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T13:45:19","slug":"golf-south-african-oosthuizen-takes-houston-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-south-african-oosthuizen-takes-houston-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-South African Oosthuizen takes Houston control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">March 31<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Former British Open champion Louis<br \/>\nOosthuizen birdied five of the last seven holes to charge two<br \/>\nshots clear in the third round of the weather-delayed Houston<br \/>\nOpen in Humble, Texas on Saturday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The smooth-swinging South African recovered from bogeys on<br \/>\nthe first two holes to card a six-under-par 66 at the<br \/>\nrain-softened Redstone Golf Club in the final PGA Tour event<br \/>\nbefore next week&#8217;s Masters.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oosthuizen, who romped to a seven-stroke victory at the 2010<br \/>\nBritish Open, launched his late surge with four consecutive<br \/>\nbirdies from the 12th to post a 17-under total of 199.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>American Hunter Mahan was alone in second place after<br \/>\ncarding a 65, with Swede Carl Pettersson (67) and Britain&#8217;s<br \/>\nBrian Davis (69) a further stroke back at 14 under.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Defending champion Phil Mickelson was among a group of three<br \/>\nplayers tied for sixth at 11 under after shooting a three-birdie<br \/>\n70.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the second round in a row at Redstone, players were<br \/>\npermitted to lift, clean and replace their balls on a course<br \/>\nthat had been saturated by more than an inch of rain on<br \/>\nThursday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, American Jeff Maggert birdied three of<br \/>\nhis last eight holes to grab a one-shot lead when the<br \/>\nweather-delayed second round was finally completed at Redstone<br \/>\nto get the tournament back on track.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maggert went on to shoot 76 in the third round to finish a<br \/>\nlong day tied for 14th at eight under par.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by<br \/>\nLarry Fine)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 31 (Reuters) &#8211; Former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen birdied five of the last seven holes to charge two shots clear in the third round of the weather-delayed Houston Open in Humble, Texas on Saturday. 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