Perth: Major winner Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa will be adopting a different strategy when he steps up to the tee at the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth which begins on Thursday.
Ranked 25th in the world, the 2010 Open Championship winner, who finished third in the United States last week, is excited about playing his way into Sunday’s round which will feature a revolutionary knockout matchplay format.
Oosthuizen has emerged victorious at Lake Karrinyup Country Club last year and will be banking on those winning memories to lead him towards another grandstand finish at the AUS$1.75 million event that is tri-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia and European Tour.
Like Oosthuizen, Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen is also hoping for more success down under having won the ISPS HANDA Perth International at Lake Karrinyup Country Club in 2014 and the World Cup of Golf for Denmark in Melbourne last year.
Bangladeshi Siddikur Rahman, who finished second on home soil a fortnight ago, is excited about extending his proud matchplay record having proven himself during his amateur days as well as at the inaugural EurAsia Cup in 2014. Meanwhile unlike Siddikur, Australia’s Sam Brazel, who has no matchplay experience, believes he can still excel at home given his good form ever since his breakthrough in Hong Kong last year.
Interesting facts of the day:
Louis Oosthuizen is a past winner at the Lake Karrinyup Country Club, having won the ISPS HANDA Perth International by one-shot last year.
Siddikur Rahman has a good track record at matchplay events which dates back to his amateur days when he won the 2004 Indian Amateur.
Siddikur represented Team Asia at the inaugural EurAsia Cup in 2014. He combined effectively with India’s Anirban Lahiri to defeat Victor Dubuisson and Joost Luiten by one hole at the Foursomes and also defeated Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher 4&3 in the Final day singles then.
Siddikur was denied his third Asian Tour win at his National Open a fortnight ago. He settled for second place, four shots behind Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond.
Thorbjorn Olesen created history with partner Soren Kjeldsen when they claimed Denmark’s first win in the World Cup of Golf in November 2016.
Sam Brazel is coming off a tied-12 finish in Malaysia last week and is currently in 19th place on the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
