Aching back will dictate Oosthuizen's schedule

Such is the wonky nature of his back that Louis Oosthuizen has planned his golf schedule only up to the Masters in April.

Problems with his lower back last year forced Oosthuizen to miss more events than he wanted to, and to withdraw after three rounds of the Byron Nelson Championship, after a first-round 75 at the US Open, and most disappointingly for him, after six holes in the British Open, an event he won in 2010.

That began a layoff of almost three months until he returned for the International team at the Presidents Cup in October.