Louis Oosthuizen

Louis Oosthuizen

(LOU-wee OOST-haze-un)

Height: 5'10" (1.78 m)
Weight: 180 (82 kg)
Age: 41 (October 19, 1982)
Birthplace: Mossel Bay, South Africa
Residence: Pinnacle Point, South Africa
Family: Wife, Nel-Mare (ma-REE); Jana (YA-nuh), Sophia, Emma

Special Interests: Hunting, movies
Turned Professional: 2002
City plays from: Albertinia, W.Cape, South Africa


Exempt Status


No exemptions to date

Career Victories


PGA TOUR Victories (1):
2010 (1) The Open Championship.
International Victories (15):
2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf-Arabella [SAf]. 2007 Platinum Classic [SAf]. 2007 Dimension Data Pro-Am [SAf]. 2007 Telekom PGA Championship [SAf]. 2008 Telekom PGA Championship [SAf]. 2010 Open de Golf de Andalucia [Eur]. 2011 Africa Open [Eur]. 2012 Africa Open [Eur]. 2012 Maybank Malaysian Open [Eur]. 2013 Volvo Golf Champions [Eur]. 2014 Volvo Golf Champions [Eur]. 2016 ISPS HANDA Perth International [Eur]. 2018 South African Open Hosted by the City of Johannesburg [Eur]. 2023 Alfred Dunhill Championship. 2023 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.

Player Statistics


Career Low Round:

63 - 2021 Waste Management Phoenix Open (Round 3)

Career High FedExCup Rank:

#5 : 2021 U.S. Open (2020)

Career High Official World Golf Rank:

#4 : 2013 Sony Open in Hawaii

Career Largest Paycheck:

$1,350,000 : 2021 U.S. Open (2021) (Finished 2)

National Team Selections


World Cup : 2011 Presidents Cup : 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019

Career Records


PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 3)
Season Events Rounds 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Cuts Made Cuts Missed WD FedExCup Rank Earnings
Total: 219 692 1 12 6 42 98 166 47 11 $28,246,259
2023 2 5 1 1 1 $121,500
2022 12 34 2 8 2 2 $443,897
2021 21 74 4 2 8 14 20 1 14 $6,306,679
2020 13 48 1 2 4 11 2 65 $1,312,138
2019 19 64 1 5 10 16 3 21 $2,539,183
2018 17 54 1 3 9 14 3 69 $1,731,493
2017 18 62 2 1 4 9 17 1 31 $3,105,422
2016 17 56 1 3 11 13 4 38 $2,422,079
2015 20 63 2 6 10 16 4 2 30 $3,251,174
2014 16 46 1 5 10 5 1 124 $946,134
2013 12 28 1 4 6 4 3 154 $497,408
2012 19 63 2 1 5 12 15 4 1 7 $3,460,995
2011 15 45 2 4 10 5 1 148 $717,965
2010 5 14 1 2 2 2 3 $1,305,593
2009 6 14 1 3 3 $12,660
2008 3 10 2 1 $13,700
2007 1 4 1
2006 2 6 1 1
2004 1 2 1
(A) - Amateur

Top Tournaments


PGA TOUR
THE PLAYERS Championship Masters Tournament PGA Championship U.S. Open The Open Championship WGC-HSBC Champions WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession
2023 W/D T23
2022 T42 W/D T60 CUT CUT T35
2021 T41 T23 T2 3 T3 T61 T17 T6
2020 CNL T33 3 T6 T51
2019 T56 T29 T60 T7 T20 T5 T20 T25
2018 CUT T12 T16 T28 T9 T24 T30
2017 T2 T41 T2 T23 CUT T45 T17 T50 T48
2016 T28 T15 T22 T23 CUT T44 2 T21 T14
2015 T69 T19 T30 T2 T2 (P) T14 T5 T42 6
2014 CUT 25 T15 T40 T36 T15 T5 61 T40
2013 T19 CUT W/D W/D T17 DNS T33
2012 CUT 2 (P) T21 CUT T19 T6 T17 4 T60
2011 CUT CUT CUT T9 T54 T7 T33 T37 T18
2010 CUT CUT CUT 1 T72 T9
2009 CUT CUT CUT T33 T20
2008 73 T68
2007 T50
2006 CUT T32
2004 CUT
FedExCup Playoffs
FedEx St. Jude Championship Dell Technologies Championship BMW Championship TOUR Championship
2021 T38 T14
2020 T13 T25
2019 T6 T11 T21
2018 T28 T31 T58
2017 T10 T30 T63
2016 T18 T8 T17
2015 T12 T19 W/D
2014 CUT
2012 T5 2 T16 T23

Personal


  • Comes from a strong tennis family with his father and brother both playing.
  • A member of the Ernie Els Foundation in South Africa from 2000-02. The Ernie Els Foundation benefits families of limited resources and provides educational assistance and playing opportunities in order to produce successful young leaders and develop their playing ability to its full potential. "Getting into golf is very expensive. My dad is a farmer, and in the early years things weren't going that great on the farm. But when I was 17, I managed to become a member of Ernie's Foundation in South Africa and it was unbelievable what he did for me, helping with expenses and things like that."
  • In 2009, founded the Louis 57 Academy at Mossel Bay Golf Club, part of the golf development program serving underprivileged children in the Mossel Bay Community in South Africa. Mossel Bay was site of his round of 57 during his amateur career on December 12, 2002.