The last time Louis Oosthuizen was delayed on route to Malaysia he captured the 2012 Maybank Malaysian Open title.

Well the same has happened four years on with the South African taking 36 hours to travel from Florida via New York and then Dubai before arriving into Kuala Lumpur at 9am local time Tuesday ahead of this year’s renamed Maybank Championship..

The last time Louis Oosthuizen was delayed on route to Kuala Lumpur he captured the 2012 Maybank Malaysian Open. (Photo – www.golffile.ie)

The delay meant missing the Pro-Am but then did afford the 2010 Open Champion plenty of time to ponder – and perhaps even practise – his famed swing, having struggled to find the right trajectory on his two recent European Tour outings, in Dubai and Qatar.

But the South African can take solace from the fact that the last time he experienced travel woes en route to Kuala Lumpur in 2012, he walked away with the Maybank Malaysian Open title.

Oosthuizen said: “I’m struggling to stay awake to be honest with you! I left my house at 4.50am on Sunday morning, but only arrived here at 9am this morning (Tuesday) because I was delayed in New York and then again in Dubai. It’s just one of those things, with the amount of travelling we do it’s bound to happen at some time.

I’ve got a day to rest up and get some sleep, so hopefully by tomorrow I should be fine and ready to go.
Louis Oosthuizen

“Hopefully it’s a good omen after what happened four years ago when we couldn’t get out of Augusta on the Sunday night because the play-off [with Bubba Watson] finished late, and I didn’t end up arriving here until the Wednesday. So at least this time I’ve given myself an extra 24 hours to prepare!”

A day on the range would have been just what the swing doctor ordered for the World Number 21, who struggled to find his rhythm in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, carding rounds of 73-74 to miss the cut for the second time this season.

A pair of double bogeys on the front nine on Friday put paid to his hopes of making the weekend, but Oosthuizen saw some positive signs after rallying with three birdies on the back nine.

He said: “I lost my rhythm a little on the Friday in Qatar. I struggled with my ball flight and when it’s windy that’s the last thing you want to happen. It was the same again for the first 27 holes in Dubai, I couldn’t find the flight I was looking for. But I played a lot better on my back nine on Friday, when I struck it really well and made some good birdies, and even though it wasn’t enough to make the cut I was still able to take a lot from it.”