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Good year start for Louis with Volvo win

LOUIS Oosthuizen won the first tour event of the calendar year for the fourth consecutive year when he retained his Volvo Golf Champions title at the Durban Country Club yesterday.

Oosthuizen carded a final round 68 for a 12-under-par total of 276, one stroke ahead of compatriot Branden Grace.

The 2010 Open champion looked to have blown his chances when he recorded a bogey on the 16th to fall a shot behind Grace, but back-to-back birdies in the final two holes put him in front.

Overnight leader Tommy Fleetwood of England managed a par round of 72 to finish two shots behind Oosthuizen and tied third with Dutchman Joost Luiten.

Oosthuizen was at a loss to explain his early January form, other than the fact it follows a period away from his clubs.

"I think I just took a proper holiday," he said at the presentation ceremony.

"I didn't play any golf before this, so maybe that's the key."

A dropped shot on the 16th, where he had triple-bogeyed in Saturday's third round, was followed by a superb tee-shot on 17 that set up a birdie chance and gave him momentum going into the final hole.

"I felt really comfortable out there all day, especially with my iron play and the putter behaved today. I managed to finish strong," he said.

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