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Oosthuizen targets St Andrews double
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Oosthuizen targets St Andrews double

Louis Oosthuizen hopes his past success will give him the edge as he heads into the final round of The Open Championship at St Andrews with a share of the lead.

Louis Oosthuizen

The South African, winner of the tournament at the same venue five years ago, topped a congested leaderboard on 12 under along with Irish amateur Paul Dunne and Australia's Jason Day after shooting a third round 67.

Grand Slam-chasing Jordan Spieth, winner of the Masters and US Open this year, was just a stroke back and two-time champion Padraig Harrington was also firmly in the picture on ten under. Another nine players were on nine under.

Oosthuizen said: "It's so much fun to be playing The Open, playing for the Claret Jug.

"It's the biggest tournament that I can play in and playing it around St Andrews makes it a lot more special.

"I think confidence-wise, knowing I've done it before at this golf course, I will take a lot from that.

"But there's a lot of golf that needs to be played. Jordan is obviously looking at making history, so you can expect him to fire on early and to really be up there, Jason is playing unbelievable.

"There's so many players that can still win this. It's going to be one of the tightest Opens."

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