Louis Oosthuizen cemented his place in the history books when he won the South African Open Championship hosted at Randpark Golf Club this past weekend.

His six-stroke victory over France’s Romain Langasque also earned him the unique distinction of being only the fourth South African player to claim the oldest open championships in the world, namely The Open Championship and the South African Open Championship. He joins Bobby Locke, Gary Player and Ernie Els in that unique club of champions.

“I think I’m the fourth South African to do it. It feels very special to have the two oldest opens in the world. There was a lot of emotions at the end there. It was a tough four days but I feel like I put everything together until the end, Oosthuizen said after his victory.

He came into the final round with a three-shot cushion over England’s Matt Wallace, Madalitso Muthiya of Zambia and his close personal friend Charl Schwartzel.

Already exempt for the open championship to be played at Royal Troon next season, Oosthuizen’s main objective was to win at Randpark while compatriot and friend, Schwartzel’s mission was two-sided. He wanted to claim his maiden South African Open Championship while eyeing a spot in The Open.

Schwartzel had to settle for the latter as he and England’s Oliver Wilson joined Langasque as the three players earning spots to the oldest open championship in the world after he finished in a share of third alongside Wilson and compatriots Bryce Easton and Thomas Aiken.

Aiken and Easton missed out on The Open Championship spots on account of their lower rankings in the Official World Golf Ranking standings.

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