Oosthuizen, van der Walt share Africa Open lead

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01/07/2012 - East London, South Africa (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defending champion Louis Oosthuizen and Tjaart van der Walt are tied atop the leaderboard after Saturday's third round of the Africa Open.

Oosthuizen, the second-round leader and 2010 British Open champion, birdied three of his last four to shoot a six-under 67, while van der Walt, who birdied his first four holes, fired an eight-under 65 Saturday.

The pair finished at 21-under 198 and matched the 2009 54-hole tournament record of James Kingston and Darren Clarke. Oosthuizen and van der Walt are one shot clear of two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen, who carded a seven-under 66 at East London Golf Club.

Danny Willett managed a 65 on Saturday and is fourth at minus-19, followed by Richard Sterne, whose nine-under 64 was not only the low round of day, but it vaulted him to fifth place at 17-under 202.

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Big 12 Conference betting odds

Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.