The St. Louis Rams and top overall pick Sam Bradford

The biggest sports surprise of the past week came from a 27-year-old South African who grew up on a dairy farm. Louis Oosthuizen entered the 139th British Open ranked No. 54 in the world, but he managed to blow away the competition at St. Andrews with a four-day total of 16-under-par 272.

In one of the most impressive, Tiger-Woods-like routs on the course, Oosthuizen Steven Jackson captured the claret jug by seven shots over England's Lee Westwood. But as Golf.com's Damon Hack explains, Oosthuizen wasn't always that smooth on the golf course. His hot temper and history of mistakes kept him from fulfilling the potential that fellow star golfers knew he had.

But in this year's Open, he quashed all doubts, leaving Woods to struggle for a 3-under, 23rd-place finish and Phil Mickelson to end up 48th. 

Oosthuizen's victory Sunday night was just a warmup for what's ahead this week.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. St. Louis Cardinals (7 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Matt Holliday's RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning Sunday propelled the Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. With the win, the Cards completed their first four-game sweep of the Dodgers since July 1987.  It put them a half-game ahead of the Reds in the NL Central – and that was without Albert Pujols, who took the day off.

And while the Cards are riding a four-game win streak, the Phillies Chris Long will be just hours removed from their losing their third straight road series.  Philly fell to the Chicago Cubs 11-6 Sunday night as ace Roy Halladay beaned All-Star Marion Byrd twice and gave up two homers, to Alfonso Soriano and Geovany Soto.

St. Louis right-hander Blake Hawksworth (3-5, 4.73 ERA) will face off against Kyle Kendrick (5-3, 4.44) and look to snap the Cards' four-game home losing streak to Philadelphia and claim six straight for the first time since September 2008.

The new St. Louis Rams jerseys and top overall pick Sam Bradford started contract talks over the weekend, however a deal is not expected to be made any time soon, according to the "Post Dispatch."

The Oklahoma product is expected to get somehwere between 45 and 50 million dollars in guaranteed money, which would be higher than last year's top pick, quarterback Matthew Stafford, who received just under 42 million in guaranteed money.

The Rams open up training camp on July 28th in Earth City.