Henrik jumps from 28th to second spot to give leader Oosthuizen anxious moments at British Open
Henrik jumps from 28th to second spot to give leader Oosthuizen anxious moments at British Open
St Andrews: South African Louis Oosthuizen came under pressure from two of Europe's finest as The Open continued in more windy conditions at St Andrews on Saturday.
Forced to wait 28 hours between the end of his second round and the start of his thirdu00a0-- Friday's suspension of play was part of the reason for thatu00a0-- Oosthuizen had not even driven off when his lead came down to four.
Swede Henrik Stenson was responsible for that, charging through the field from 28th to second with an outward 32 and kissing his ball when he holed his sand wedge approach to the 465-yard 13th for an eagle two.
Stenson, with nothing better than an eighth place all season and struggling to retain his Ryder Cup place, did then bogey the 16th and 17th, but a closing birdie gave him a 67 and made him the early clubhouse leader on seven under.
By then, however, England's Paul Casey had cut Oosthuizen's advantage to two with birdies at the second, third and long fifthu00a0- and that became only one when he picked up his fourth shot at the 371-yard seventh to improve to 10 under.
The overnight leader, meanwhile, had three-putted the opening green and could "only" par the next five.
As for 50-year-old 1989 champion Mark Calcavecchia, he suffered calamity after calamity over the initial stretch of holes.
He also three-putted the first and after bogeys on the next two as well he crashed to a quadruple bogey nine at the 568-yard fifth - a hole which had seen five eagles during the day, but also a bogey six from Tiger Woods as he strived to stay in the hunt for a third successive Open title at the Home of Golf.
Casey had much the better of his head-to-head with compatriot Lee Westwood, who slipped back alongside Woods on four under with bogeys at the fourth and sixth.
