SA duo paired in Malaysia

Oosthuizen targets swift response after Masters heartache



Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen will look to bounce back from their Masters disappointment together after being paired for the opening two rounds of this week's Maybank Malaysian Open.

Former champion Schwartzel was forced to hand over the Green Jacket to American Bubba Watson on Sunday after producing a tame title defence at Augusta National.While Schwartzel never threatened at the top, Oosthuizen came agonisingly close to keeping the trophy in South Africa after losing out to Watson on the second hole of a sudden death play-off.Oosthuizen lit up the final round with an albatross on the second hole, the first time the feat has ever been achieved in Masters history, but could not hold off a resurgent challenge from playing partner Watson.And the 2010 Open Champion admits the defeat was especially tough given his incredible start to the final day.He said: "It was tough after that double eagle. When something like that happens early in your round you think that this is it - that was my first double eagle ever - so it was tough the next five holes to just get my head around it and just play the course."I don't feel like I could have hit two better putts in the play-off, but congrats to Bubba. He did brilliantly."Finishing second has put Oosthuizen back into the world's top 20, while Schwartzel's disappointing 50th place in his defence dropped him from eighth to 12th.Sixth-ranked Martin Kaymer, who made his first cut at Augusta in five attempts, is also in Malaysia andSimon Dyson and Alvaro Quiros were able to get there earlier after bowing out at halfway in the Masters in a blow to their hopes of a Ryder Cup debut.