Three days later, Louis Oosthuizen was still tinged with disappointment following another close call in a major.
In a move that was largely out of character for the accommodating South African, Oosthuizen declined to talk to the media following his tie for third at The Open – his third consecutive top-3 finish in a major. He had led wire to wire until a final-round 71 at Royal St. George’s opened the door for Collin Morikawa to capture his second career major at age 24.
“You don’t want to always talk about being close again, finishing second, finishing third, so I wasn’t really up for that conversation right there.