Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa kisses his trophy during a photo call after winning the European PGA Tour Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur Sunday. — Reuters KUALA LUMPUR – Louis Oosthuizen drove away mental and physical fatigue to bounce back from last week's US Masters heartbreak and romp to a three-stroke win in the rain-hit Malaysian Open Sunday. The South African, who finished runner-up in the Masters to American Bubba Watson in a playoff, registered a total of 17-under 271, three ahead of Britain's Stephen Gallacher. Oosthuizen, who made a 30-hour journey from Augusta National to take part in the $2.5 million event in the Malaysian capital, fired a four-under 68 in the final round to win his fifth European Tour title. “It would have been better if I had the green jacket,” said Oosthuizen. “I thought I was going to be a lot more tired. It was a long journey to get here and I have to be honest and say that I didn't expect to play this well because of the tiredness.” Having the family around in the Malaysian capital meant he got little sleep and struggled to get over the jetlag, but Sunday he was not complaining. The 29-year old Oosthuizen had to return to the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club early Sunday to complete the remaining eight holes of his third round after thunderstorms and rain had ended play early for the second consecutive day Saturday. Gallacher, 37, who signed a wrong score in the morning during his third round, hit a bogey-free round of two-under 70. Rafael Cabrera-Bello of Spain, Danny Willet of England and Asian Tour rookie David Lipsky of the US shared the third spot, five shots behind Oosthuizen. 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel of South Africa finished sixth while Germany's former world No. 1 Martin Kaymer finished tied seventh at nine-under. Pettersson leads Five birdies in a row pushed Sweden's Carl Pettersson to the third-round lead Saturday at the US PGA Heritage at Hilton Head Island, where Luke Donald is poised to lose the World No. 1 ranking. Pettersson also sank a seven-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to nudge ahead of American Colt Knost for the lead after 54 holes at the $5.7 million event, standing on 12-under par 201 with Knost another shot back. A host of other US challengers lurked with Zach Johnson third on 205, Boo Weekley fourth on 206 and Kevin Na, Robert Garrigus and Brendt Snedeker all on 207 and Tommy Gainey sharing eighth on 208 with England's Brian Davis. England's Donald is on the verge of handing the world's top ranking back to Rory McIlroy on Monday without a major charge up the leaderboard in the final round. Donald, who fired a par-71 on Saturday to stand on 215 in a share of 52nd place, must finish no worse than a share of eighth to stay ahead of the reigning US Open champion.
