Louis Oosthuizen has a Grand Slam of runners-up at Major Championships. Listen as he shares his biggest regret on the 18th hole at Torrey Pines while chasing Jon Rahm at the 2021 U.S. Open.
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are there are there any times because
you mentioned there are there are times
in the past where I’ll take my medicine
and play for second or third I’m
assuming you meant knowing that’s the
best I can do are there any looking back
on those times because you’re one of
what seven people who’ve had the career
the grand slam of runner-ups and majors
are there any any of those times you
look back on and I don’t I don’t know
this is kind of a qualification of a bad
question that you’re a type of guy who
looks back that often but are there any
of those times you look back and go I
wish I you know I wish I had I wish I
had give I wish I had tried the
impossible just to see the outcome yeah
I think when Rome won the US Open in 21
I hit myself um I mean I I made a bogey
on 17 I missed a 8 foot put for Paul cuz
I hid in the water the t-shirt in the
hazard I had to take a penalty drop my
my bogey so I was I was uh two behind
RAM and so I had to mik Eagle on 18 on
the P five but I missed the Fairway and
it was in the first cut but it was not a
great line in the first cut
so if I had my seven wood on my hand I
would have gone for it doesn’t matter if
I felt the LIE wasn’t great whatever but
it was a three-wood the only way I can
get there was a high cut three-wood I’m
looking at this lie and Tory Pines the
last little 18th I’m looking at this I’m
like this is this can only go in the
water there’s no other way where I can
eat the only other shot is a hookie
7even wood and running it up on the
right this is basically in a 10 yard Gap
with sloping left towards the water
running it in there so so I was like I
don’t know but it’s I’d rather give
myself a 70 yard shot and maybe I can
hold a lob W for Eagle so that was the
one layup that I I did then eventually
but looking back at it I mean it was one
of those where I would have liked to
just drop another ball and see if I can
pull this seven wood
off um but I just afterwards even
thinking of it I’m like you know I don’t
think I could have pulled it off I would
have hit myself in a spot where had no
chance of of making the or trying to
make the third
shot um yeah there was there was the one
the one that sort of went back in my
mind that that um could have done it but
looking back at it probably couldn’t
have but yeah the the others were most
of the
time other ones were like when you were
in a situation where you were playing
for something you were playing for world
ranking points to get somewhere or you
were playing
for um a good finish to get your card
and there was a lot of times like that
where you would man am I going to go for
this shot um to have a chance of winning
or or um just play it safe on the green
if I make the cut I still if I make the
P I still have a chance or if I’m two
put I’m finishing second um on my own or
tied
second um decent money I’m getting I’m
getting good points and I’m getting good
world ranking point points and you know
so um there is times I feel where and
especially in the beginning of my career
where where I did do that um just to to
not always be that aggressive and
sometimes it’s a bigger picture than
just this one event do you maybe have
that same similar I guess feeling on our
league with just 13 individual events
and you know top 24 obviously
gets you know gets um next year um and
then obviously then the individual title
as well at the end of the year for a lot
of money do you feel like more pressure
to play well you know with just 13
individual events and having to really
like think about the points that you’re
earning I think you let guys this year
especially because there’s a lot of
contracts I think that’s up this year so
I do think you’ll you’ll get this year
few times where you see guys take the
the safer route to secure some points
and get a good week finish all depends
where they are um yeah
but you know it depends what you
sometimes we play to win you you can’t
just play for just securing a card or
securing or or having a good check you
you you play to win a golf tournament
that’s what um that’s what drive me I
mean I still want to win golf
tournaments and um I think the the Miami
one that happened this weekend I’m I was
proud of myself like to to take the
shots on and um and uh you know ever go
with it I’m pretty sure my my caddies
would would have liked me to do
something
different um but uh you know it’s um as
long as I’m having fun doing it and just
and go for it I mean if it’s not
something stupid like going through a
tree or something um I think I’ll
probably this stage of my career like I
would I would give it a more shot and to
see if I can pull those uh those things
off and and see if I can get a get a win
um you know on on live or
something um I love it you uh you’re
captain of stinger GC
um which includes Charles schwarzel who
won our inaugural event uh Brandon Grace
who won the second event in Portland and
Dean burmaster who won last week uh you
know what the question what are you
trying to say you know what the question
[Laughter]
is and I asked a shitty question be
listen when does this podcast start when
when are we starting are you are we
starting
Jesus okay somebody had to ask it
somebody it’s not even a question listen
never mind that I’ve not won I’ve not
won other than a golden Oella Club
competition in the US I’ve not I’ve not
one on us soil so I don’t know what the
hell it is but um I need to get the
freaking win man you uh that will be a
big night I can promise you there I want
to be invited to that night Jerry’s just
Jerry’s just put himself on the
list so he won’t be coming I’m out I’m
out we’ll put him with his range coats
put them in their back there perfect I I
can pass out as good as
[Laughter]
anybody oh this is too good oh from from
so wait what’s your question now no
there there there wasn’t one it was one
of those repor there really no question
okay it was a leading question one of
those reporter statements yeah yeah my
pleasure okay
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Too funny