Louis Oosthuizen completed an unwanted career Grand Slam at the US PGA Championship at the Quail Hollow Club on Sunday — second at each of golf’s four Majors. Oosthuizen ended the season’s fourth Major in a tie for second at six-under‚ two strokes behind winner Justin Thomas‚ 24‚ who became the eighth first-time winner in the past nine Majors. After play-off losses at the 2015 Open and the 2012 Masters‚ as well as second at the 2015 US Open‚ Oosthuizen again proved he enjoys the big stage but was unable to find a way to get over the line despite a one-under round of 70. One birdie and a bogey on the front nine kept him in the hunt as the leaderboard moved constantly with various players going on birdie runs. Oosthuizen bogeyed the 11th and seemed to be slipping out of the picture as Italy’s Francesco Molinari and US golfers Patrick Reed and Ricky Fowler made charges. Molinari and Reed both moved to seven under at one stage and Fowler‚ playing well ahead of the leaders‚ had four cons...
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