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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - Consistency is what every PGA Tour golfer craves, and two weeks after tying a U.S. Open record for a nine-hole score (29) and 54-hole score (199), South African Louis Oosthuizen appears to still be searching for his.
When Oosthuizen tees off at 8 a.m. Thursday from the No. 10 tee at the Old White TPC, he'll try to regain the magic that saw him record five consecutive birdies on the final nine at Chambers Bay and finished tied for second. Of course, Oosthuizen shot a 77 in the first round that put him in too deep a hole.
Last week at the Travelers Championship, Oosthuizen missed the cut with back-to-back 71s.
"I just couldn't get going," said Oosthuizen, who tied for 17th at the 2013 Classic with four sub-70 rounds and a 7-under 273 total. "Once I hit a good shot it was followed up by a poor one. I missed the fairway and things like that. The whole week I felt a little sort of lazy, tired."
In his last nine events, Oosthuizen has missed two cuts and withdrew from the Colonial.
Still, he has earned $2,043,652 in 13 events this season, marking just the third time he has made more than $1 million in a season. He reached $3,460,995 in 2012 when he competed in 19 tournaments - the most of his career.
"I feel the game is still there and I'm mentally still on that high note," Oosthuizen said. "I hope for a good week this week."
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LEE TREVINO will do some teaching at the Greenbrier, spending 70 days of the summer at the Greenbrier County resort.
He revealed some of the secrets to his style of teaching on Tuesday at the Greenbrier Classic.
"I'm a tweaker," he said. "I don't tear down a golf swing and I don't teach golf swings. Who would want to learn a golf swing from me? I look like a pretzel maker. But, I get results."
Trevino is joined by instructors Scott Hall and Billy Winters at the Greenbrier.
He also lives in a house "and free food" provided him by resort owner Jim Justice and stays on site with his wife Claudia and their two dogs, a French bulldog and a Papillon.
The 76-year-old Trevino - the 2013 recipient of the PGA Distinguished Service Award - also has four children, including 22-year-old son Daniel, who graduated this year from the University of Southern California.
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TREVINO WILL serve as caddy for Shaquille O'Neal at Wednesday's Pro-Am in a group that will include Jim Justice and his son, Jay.
"Mr. Justice wanted me to play with he and Shaq in the Pro-Am and I refused," Trevino said. "I can't reach the par 3s and I can't play the back tees. He said, 'No, you can go up to the front.' I said, 'No, I don't want to go up there (to the women's tees). Some guy will say something to me about playing off the ladies' tees and I'm going to have to jump those ropes.
"We can avoid all that stuff, so I'm going to caddie. I'm going to find out what kind of tipper Shaq is."
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ANGEL CABRERA will look to become the first player in the history of the Greenbrier Classic to repeat as champion.
Cabrera's victory at the Old White TPC last year was his third PGA Tour title and the first that wasn't a major. He won the 2007 U.S. Open and the 2009 Masters and was the first Greenbrier champion who had won a major.
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STATE AMATEUR champion Sam O'Dell is in the last group to tee off on Thursday, joining Tom Hoge of Fargo, N.D., and Oscar Fraustro from Mexico for a 2 p.m. tee time off No. 10.
David Bradshaw of Bakerton is in a group with Jonathan Randolph of Brandon, Miss., and Mark Hubbard of Denver. They'll precede O'Dell's group, also on No. 10.
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