Southampton – Louis Oosthuizen finished as the best South African at the 118th US Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.

Oosthuizen posted his first under-par round for the week, as he shot a 1-under 69 on Sunday to finish at 10-over par for the tournament.

He finished tied for 16th, nine shots behind eventual champion, American Brooks Koepka, who claimed back-to-back US Open titles.

READ: Koepka wins second straight US Open title

Out of the six South Africans teeing off at the start of the tournament, only three made the weekend.

Branden Grace carded 5-over 75 to finish 12-over par for the tournament – and lie tied for 25th.

Playing in his first Major event, Dean Burmester went 4-over 74 in his round to end 17-over par at Shinnecock Hills.

The other South African contingent – Charl Schwartzel, Dylan Frittelli and two-time US Open winner Ernie Els – failed to make the cut.

Final round scores on Sunday in the 118th US Open Golf Championship at Shinnecock Hills (USA unless noted, par-70):

281 – Brooks Koepka 75-66-72-68

282 – Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 75-66-78-63

283 – Dustin Johnson 69-67-77-70

284 – Patrick Reed 73-72-71-68

285 – Tony Finau 75-72-66-72

286 – Xander Schauffele 72-74-72-68, Daniel Berger 76-71-66-73, Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 75-70-72-69, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 71-70-74-71

287 – Justin Rose (ENG) 71-70-73-73, 287 – Webb Simpson 76-71-71-69

288 – Russell Knox (SCO) 73-71-75-69, Zach Johnson 73-73-72-70 Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) 73-70-75-70

289 – Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 76-72-68-73

290 – Li Haotong (CHN) 79-68-74-69, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 75-70-79-66, Paul Casey (ENG) 73-73-73-71, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 74-72-75-69

291 – Steve Stricker 73-75-73-70, Rickie Fowler 73-69-84-65, Charley Hoffman 71-69-77-74, Brian Gay 73-74-70-74, Dylan Meyer 77-69-71-74

292 – Francesco Molinari (ITA) 75-72-72-73, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 74-72-77-69, Alex Noren (SWE) 72-72-77-71, Jason Dufner 70-74-79-69, Russell Henley 69-73-77-73, Matthieu Pavon (FRA) 71-77-74-70, Charles Howell III 71-72-77-72, Branden Grace (RSA) 76-69-72-75, Justin Thomas 74-70-74-74, Bryson DeChambeau 76-69-73-74, Ian Poulter (ENG) 69-72-76-75

293 – Pat Perez 73-71-77-72, Bill Haas 76-72-74-71, Brian Harman 74-70-78-71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (ESP) 73-71-76-73, Gary Woodland 79-69-70-75

294 – Sam Burns 71-76-75-72, Ryan Fox (NZL) 73-72-74-75, Patrick Rodgers 72-72-83-67, Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) 76-72-73-73

295 – Marc Leishman (AUS) 74-69-78-74, Scott Piercy 69-71-79-76, Patrick Cantlay 75-71-76-73, Brandt Snedeker 72-76-73-74

296 – Phil Mickelson 77-69-81-69, Peter Uihlein 75-72-75-74, Ross Fisher (ENG) 76-71-79-70, Luis Gagne (CRC) 73-74-75-74, Matt Parziale 74-73-74-75, Tim Wilkinson (NZL) 76-72-78-70, Jim Furyk 73-71-72-80

297 – Dean Burmester (RSA) 75-73-75-74, Chris Naegel 73-73-75-76, Jimmy Walker 75-70-79-73, Mickey DeMorat 72-72-80-73, Tyler Duncan 77-67-81-72

298 – Calum Hill (SCO) 75-69-81-73

299 – Andrew Johnston (ENG) 73-73-82-71

300 – Brendan Steele 72-73-75-80

301 – Cameron Wilson 75-73-76-77

302 – Kevin Chappell 75-72-78-77

303 – Will Grimmer 73-72-78-80

306 – An Byeong-hun (KOR) 71-76-81-78