Louis Oosthuizen has just won a European Tour event, coming off his fantastic Master’s finish. Branden Grace, following two wins on the European Tour earlier this year, this weekend won the China Open to become one of the few players to win three times in the European Tour in a year – and let us not forget there are still another 7 months left in the year!

It has really been a fantastic few months for South African golfers, and it is incredible that our golfers do as well as they do, in a country with 150 000 registered golfers, compared to 30 million in America. We almost had a dream finish in The Masters when we had Charl Schwartzel waiting to put on the winner’s jacket onto the winner, and his friend Louis Oosthuizen tying for first, only to lose in a play-off. Louis made a mistake in not committing to his driver, which he had been hitting fantastically, and instead, when up against a guy who is amazing with trick shots and bad lies, namely Bubba Watson, decided that Bubba was in trouble and played safe. Bubba Watson can play his way out of any trouble and did, and Louis’ safety first approach ended up costing him. He was still magnificent under pressure and never missed any of the putts that he needed to get, and is going to win numerous golf tournaments over the next 15 years or so. He is currently No 12 in the world, and he is certainly going to go higher – much higher.