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Golf Monthly takes a look at the South Africans competing in the Open 2014

George Coetzee

George Coetzee

Ernie Els

Ernie Els

Branden Grace

Branden Grace

Louis Oosthuizen

Louis Oosthulzen

Charl Schwartzel

Charl Schwartzel

Richard Sterne

Richard Sterne

Dawie Van Der Walt

Dawie Van Der Walt

Mike Smith is an American undergraduate student studying journalism and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is spending the summer living in London, studying British life and culture and working for Golf Monthly. He is excited to gain international working experience, as his career goal is to work in sports journalism.