AUSTIN, Texas – It took seven attempts, but Louis Oosthuizen finally made the semifinals of the WGC-Dell Match Play after a tough 2-and-1 victory against Dustin Johnson in the quarterfinals at Austin Country Club on Saturday afternoon.
Oosthuizen, 34, has enjoyed tremendous success in this event, advancing to the quarterfinals in the past two years. However, that was where his run ended, losing to Jim Furyk, 4 and 2, last year at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco and to Jason Day, 2 and 1, in 2014 at Dove Mountain in Marana, Ariz.
The difference for Oosthuizen this time around likely can be traced to his first victory in two years in Australia, at the ISPS Handa Perth International last month.