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By Reuters 
17h ago
MAMARONECK – South African Louis Oosthuizen had no choice but to tip his hat to Bryson DeChambeau after the muscular American hit the Winged Foot field into submission to win his first Major at the US Open on Sunday.
Oosthuizen, who won the 2010 British Open, started the day four strokes off the pace, but his hopes of landing a second major were quickly dashed and he finished eight shots away behind DeChambeau in third place.
“Finishing third in a major is always great (but) it was going to be tough,” the 37-year-old told reporters after signing two out of 73.
“Bryson is playing his own little golf course right now. This golf course definitely showed its teeth today with the firmness of the greens and fairways and the wind, and it was just tough.”
As Oosthuizen struggled in the conditions, DeChambeau accelerated his power play to reach a final round of 67 and a six-shot victory over compatriot Matthew Wolff.
“I think he’s busy establishing his own way of playing,” added Oosthuizen.
“He’s hitting so far. He’s so strong from the rough and he’s probably one of the best putters out there. (In) a week where he really plays well, you’re going to have a lot of trouble.
“It’s great to see him. Hats off to what he’s doing. He went out on this trip and he’s doing it. He’s playing great golf.”
Oosthuizen said that even without DeChambeau’s magnificent final round, he would still have struggled to get his second major on the daunting track.
“If you delete it, I’ll be up there,” he said.
“But you know, if you remove it, there will probably be a little more nerves and stuff down the stretch, so there are a lot of things that could be different at that point.
Reuters
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