Tour News

Oosthuizen cruises to the top at Redstone

Published

12 years ago

Mar 31, 2012

Seth Kerr

By Seth Kerr

GolfWRX Staff Writer

Louis Oosthuizen looked lost for most of the front nine during the third round at the Shell Houston Open. Then on the eighth hole, he woke up and proceeded to make seven birdies in his next 11 holes.

Oosthuizen shot a third-round 66, which featured four birdies in a row from Nos. 12-15 to take a two shot lead into the final round over his nearest competitor, Hunter Mahan.

Mahan, who many believe has a legitimate chance to win his first major next week at Augusta, jumped into contention with a third-round 65. On Sunday, Mahan will look for his first stroke play win of the year after winning the Accenture Match Play.

For Mahan it has either been top 10 or bust in his previous appearances at the Shell. He has three top 10s in the last five years, but has missed the cut both other times.

Ernie Els continued to play well on Saturday, but unless he does something remarkable on Sunday it will not be enough to make it into the Masters on his own merit. Els has only made one bogey all week, but in what has been his problem all year, he hasn’t been able to get his putter going. Els is tied for 14^th at 8-under par.

“I’m playing good,” Els said. “I’m just not getting it in the hole fast enough. I needed to get to 10 or 11-under today to have a realistic chance.”

Dr. Jekyll took control of Phil Mickelson’s putter today. Putting has been his strong suit all year but he couldn’t make anything in Round 3. He missed a number of makeable putts including a 32-inch birdie putt at the fourth hole.

Fred Couples, making his 600^th career start on the PGA Tour, is tied for 37^th place after shooting 1- under 71.

NBC has final round coverage from 3-6 p.m. EST.

Click here for ongoing discussion of the Shell Houston Open in the “Tour Talk” forum.

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Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship

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1 day ago

May 14, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.

While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.

Check out links to all our albums from Valhalla below and check back throughout the week as we continue to update.

General Albums

2024 PGA Championship – Monday #1

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship

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1 week ago

May 7, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.

From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.

Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.

General Albums

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.

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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson

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2 weeks ago

Apr 30, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).

Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.

We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.

Check out links to all our photos below.