Louis Oosthuizen leads a desultory SA charge at the US PGA Championship
Louis Oosthuizen is the highest-placed South African after the first round of the season’s final major‚ the US PGA Championship‚ being played at Quail Hollow in North Carolina.The man from Albertinia Golf Club ground out a one-under-par 70 to leave him three shots off the lead held by Denmark’s Thorbjorn Oleson and America’s Kevin Kisner‚ who shot four-under 67s on a difficult day for scoring.Rain prior to the tournament made the fairways receptive but organisers managed to keep the greens lightning fast‚ which undid many of the world’s leading players. The putting surfaces also became grainy‚ which upset some."The greens got very grainy as the day went on‚" four-time major winner Rory McIlroy told the media after his one-over round."If you just hit a putt a tiny bit off line‚ it exaggerated it. It was tough to hole putts this afternoon. Hopefully the surfaces are a little better tomorrow morning and we can hopefully hole some more putts."Oosthuizen‚ whose form in the majors has bee...
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