The wait continues for Louis Oosthuizen.
Eleven years removed from his last major title, the sweet-swinging South African couldn’t complete a wire-to-wire victory at The Open.
Oosthuizen’s blunder from a pot bunker on the par-5 seventh – the easiest hole on the course Sunday – dropped him out of a share of the lead and two shots behind eventual winner Collin Morikawa. Oosthuizen never drew closer and wound up tied for third, four shots behind. His closing 71 matched the highest score of any player inside the top 14.
It was Oosthuizen's eighth top-3 finish in a major since his breakthrough 11 years ago at St.