Geoff Charles Ogilvy (born 11 June 1977) is an Australian

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. He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships.

Professional career

Ogilvy was born in

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, South Australia to an English-born father Mike and Australian born mother Judy. He turned professional in May 1998 and he won a

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card at that year's

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. He played on the European Tour in 1999 and 2000, finishing 65th in his first season and improving to 48th in his second. He joined the U.S. based

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in 2001, and finished in the top 100 in each of his first five seasons. His first professional tournament win came in 2005 at the PGA Tour's

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. In February 2006 he beat Davis Love III in the final of the 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Ogilvy won his first major championship at the 2006 U.S. Open, becoming the first Australian to win a men's golf major since Steve Elkington at the 1995

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. Ogilvy finished his round with a champion's flourish, making improbable pars on each of the last two holes. He holed a 30-foot chip shot at the 17th, and then got up-and-down for par at the 18th, dropping a downhill six-footer for his final stroke as all his competitors collapsed around him. Phil Mickelson and Colin Montgomerie needed pars on the final hole to win, or bogeys to tie with Ogilvy, but they ruined their chances by producing double-bogey sixes to give Ogilvy a dramatic win.

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needed par to force a playoff but bogeyed the final hole. This success moved Ogilvy into the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time, at Number 8. He reached his highest placing to date on 9 July 2006 when he was ranked Number 7, and he returned to that rank in February 2007 after finishing as runner-up to

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while defending his title at the 2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. He has spent over 120 weeks in the top-10 of the rankings. Ogilvy won the 2008 WGC-CA Championship, his second

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title, by one shot shooting 17-under par. It was his first PGA Tour win since the 2006 U.S. Open. In his next start at the 2008

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he finished tied for 2nd moving him up to number 5 in the Official World Golf Rankings. In late June 2008, he rose to 3rd in the rankings. In 2009 Ogilvy continued his success at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship defeating

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. Ogilvy moved into second alone in World Golf Championship wins. This win brought him up to 4th in the Official World Golf Rankings. In January 2010, Ogilvy won the SBS Championship, the opening event of the 2010 PGA Tour. Ogilvy won the 2014 Barracuda Championship, a tournament that uses the modified

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scoring system, with a winning score of 49 points. It was his first victory in over 4 years.

Personal

Ogilvy and his wife Juli have three children.

Amateur wins

*1995 Portsea Open Amateur *1996 German Amateur Open Championship *1997

Victorian Amateur Championship The Victorian Amateur Championship is the state amateur golf championship of Victoria, Australia. It has been played annually since 1899, except for the war years. Two players have won the championship six times, Michael Scott between 1904 and ...

Lake Macquarie Amateur The Lake Macquarie Amateur was an amateur golf tournament in Australia. It was first played in 1958 and was organised by and played at the Belmont Golf Club in nearby Marks Point, New South Wales. It was a 72-hole stroke play tournament (54 holes ...

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour wins (8)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

European Tour wins (4)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

Other wins (2)

*1998

Tasmanian Open The Tasmanian Open is an annual golf tournament held in Tasmania, Australia. History The Tasmanian amateur championship was first played in 1902 as a 36 hole stroke-play event. From 1910 the stroke-play acted as qualifying for a match-play stage, ...

*2009

Telus World Skins Game The Telus Skins Game was a Canadian annual summer golf event, sponsored by Telus, and officially known as the Telus World Skins Game. It was hosted at a different golf course each year within Canada. Between 2006 and 2012, the Telus Skins Game in ...

Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (2003 PGA – 2007 U.S. Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2005 Open Championship – 2005 PGA)

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

World Golf Championships

Wins (3)

Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.'' QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

PGA Tour career summary

''* Complete through the 2018 season.''

Team appearances

Amateur *

Nomura Cup The Nomura Cup, also known as the Asia-Pacific Amateur Golf Team Championship, is a biennial amateur team golf championship for men organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. The inaugural event was held in 1963 and it has been played in odd ...

(representing Australia): 1997 *

Bonallack Trophy The Bonallack Trophy is an amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup which opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific. The venue alternates between courses in Europe and Asia/Pacific. The first compe ...

(representing Asia/Pacific): 1998 *

Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches The Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches were an amateur team golf competition for men between the states and territories of Australia. The event started in 1904 when New South Wales played Victoria. Until World War II the event was played ...

(representing Victoria): 1995, 1996, 1997 Professional *

Presidents Cup The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world minus Europe. Europe competes against the United States in a similar but considerably ...

(International Team):

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References

External links

* * * *
Geoff Ogilvy player profile, Golf Australia

Geoff Ogilvy Foundation
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Professional career

Personal

Amateur wins

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour wins (8)

European Tour wins (4)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

Other wins (2)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

Summary

Results in The Players Championship

World Golf Championships

Wins (3)

Results timeline

PGA Tour career summary

Team appearances

See also

References

External links