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Louis Oosthuizen withdraws from Joburg Open after injuring fingers

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Louis Oosthuizen won't be playing in this week's European Tour event, and the South African golfer has a freak injury to thank.

While traveling to Johannesburg for the Joburg Open, Oosthuizen jammed two fingers on his left hand between two airport luggage trolleys.

The Sunshine Tour, which co-sponsors the tour with the European Tour, tweeted a look at Oosthuizen's injured fingers.

He withdrew from the final European Tour event of 2017 on Wednesday.

"This morning is even worse than it was yesterday, so I tried to grip a golf club, but there's no way I can go to my grip position," Oosthuizen said.