BEL-OMBRE, Mauritius — Louis Oosthuizen moved into place to win on the European tour for the second straight week after making three eagles in a 7-under 65 to take the third-round lead on the Mauritius Open on Saturday.
Oosthuizen was on 14-under par for the match and 1 shot away from fellow South African Jacques de Villiers (68), with Laurie Canter (65) an extra 2 strokes again in third.
Oosthuizen’s exceptional spherical at La Réserve Golf Hyperlinks included back-to-back eagles at Nos. 5 and 6 — the latter coming when he pitched over a bunker earlier than the ball rolled into the cup — and one other eagle on the par-5 fifteenth gap due to an extended, uphill, right-to-left putt.
He additionally made 4 birdies and three bogeys.
Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open champion, claimed his tenth European tour title — and first in 5 years — by profitable the Alfred Dunhill Championship in his native nation Monday.
Sebastian Söderberg led after the second spherical however shot 77 to drop into twenty second place, 9 strokes off the lead.
The Mauritius Open completes the swing of tournaments in Africa earlier than the European tour takes a break till January for a string of occasions within the Center East, beginning with the Dubai Invitational on Jan. 11.
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