Louis WhooooOosthuizen

It's always a good story when a small element dominates a large element...and this week in Scotland it happened in a very big way.

Lodewicus Theodorus Oosthuizen won The Open at the Old Course at St. Andrews.

THE OPEN used to be called The British Open but now The Open is a brand of it's own....and a 27 year old from South Africa owns the Claret Jug for one year.

There is no more historical place in golf than St. Andrews and this week we saw remarkable divergence with a 21 year old shooting a 63 on the first day and then an 80 the next day....only to end with someone whose name we didn't know last Thursday, winning the big prize.

Today is Sunday and we know who he is but we still aren't sure how to say his full name...

Thank God he answers to the name of

Louie.....Louie.....Louie.

And by the way, the first thing Louie said in his acceptance speech was a special Birthday greeting to Nelson Mandella who is 92 today.

It's been an amazing month and a half for South Africa.

And when a white golfer from South Africa wishes Nelson Mandella a Happy Birthday on worldwide television, with millions of people watching, I think the future does look brighter.

There's always a bigger story behind the game of golf.

LOUIE LOUIE!

NICE!

Michael Timothy McAlevey