Geoff Ogilvy
Ogilvy in 2017
Personal information
Full nameGeoff Charles Ogilvy
Born (1977-06-11) 11 June 1977 (age 46)
Adelaide, South Australia
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceScottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
SpouseJuli Ogilvy
Children3
Career
Turned professional1998
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins12
Highest ranking3 (29 June 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour8
European Tour4
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Other2
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters TournamentT4: 2011
PGA ChampionshipT6: 2005, 2007
U.S. OpenWon: 2006
The Open ChampionshipT5: 2005
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Rookie of the Year		1998–99
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner		2010

Geoff Charles Ogilvy[citation needed] (born 11 June 1977) is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships.

Professional career

Geoff Ogilvy with Ian Poulter and Sergio García at the 2009 Telus World Skins Game in Lévis, Canada

Ogilvy was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to an English-born father Mike and Australian mother Judy. He turned professional in May 1998 and he won a European Tour card at that year's Qualifying school. 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 PGA Tour 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 Chrysler Classic of Tucson. 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 PGA Championship. 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. Jim Furyk 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 Henrik Stenson 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.[2][3]

Ogilvy won the 2008 WGC-CA Championship, his second World Golf Championship 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 Shell Houston Open he finished tied for 2nd moving him up to number 5 in the Official World Golf Rankings.[4] In late June 2008, he rose to 3rd in the rankings.[5] In 2009 Ogilvy continued his success at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship defeating Paul Casey. 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.[6]

Ogilvy won the 2014 Barracuda Championship, a tournament that uses the modified Stableford 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.[citation needed]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour wins (8)

Legend
Major championships (1)
World Golf Championships (3)
Other PGA Tour (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 27 Feb 2005 Chrysler Classic of Tucson −19 (65-66-67-71=269) Playoff United States Mark Calcavecchia, United States Kevin Na
2 26 Feb 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship 3 and 2 United States Davis Love III
3 18 Jun 2006 U.S. Open +5 (71-70-72-72=285) 1 stroke United States Jim Furyk, United States Phil Mickelson,
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
4 24 Mar 2008 WGC-CA Championship −17 (65-67-68-71=271) 1 stroke United States Jim Furyk, South Africa Retief Goosen,
Fiji Vijay Singh
5 11 Jan 2009 Mercedes-Benz Championship −24 (67-68-65-68=268) 6 strokes United States Anthony Kim, United States Davis Love III
6 1 Mar 2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2) 4 and 3 England Paul Casey
7 10 Jan 2010 SBS Championship (2) −22 (69-66-68-67=270) 1 stroke South Africa Rory Sabbatini
8 3 Aug 2014 Barracuda Championship 49 pts (16-7-12-14=49) 5 points United States Justin Hicks

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2005 Chrysler Classic of Tucson United States Mark Calcavecchia, United States Kevin Na Won with birdie on second extra hole
Calcavecchia eliminated by par on first hole

European Tour wins (4)

Legend
Major championships (1)
World Golf Championships (3)
Other European Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 26 Feb 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship 3 and 2 United States Davis Love III
2 18 Jun 2006 U.S. Open +5 (71-70-72-72=285) 1 stroke United States Jim Furyk, United States Phil Mickelson,
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
3 23 Mar 2008 WGC-CA Championship −17 (65-67-68-71=271) 1 stroke United States Jim Furyk, South Africa Retief Goosen,
Fiji Vijay Singh
4 1 Mar 2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2) 4 and 3 England Paul Casey

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other PGA Tour of Australasia (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 7 Dec 2008 Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship −14 (67-71-67-69=274) 2 strokes Australia Mathew Goggin
2 5 Dec 2010 Australian Open1 −19 (68-65-67-69=269) 4 strokes Australia Matt Jones, Australia Alistair Presnell

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2010 Australian PGA Championship Australia Peter Senior Lost to par on second extra hole

Other wins (2)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runners-up
2006 U.S. Open 1 shot deficit +5 (71-70-72-72=285) 1 stroke United States Phil Mickelson, Scotland Colin Montgomerie,
United States Jim Furyk

Results timeline

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament T16 T24 T39 T15
U.S. Open CUT T28 1 T42 T9 T47
The Open Championship CUT CUT T5 T16 CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship T27 T24 T6 T9 T6 T31 T43
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament T26 T4 T19 48
U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT T32 CUT T18 CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT T9 T44 T40
PGA Championship CUT CUT T11 CUT T46 CUT
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 1 1 5 8 8
U.S. Open 1 0 0 1 2 3 13 7
The Open Championship 0 0 0 1 2 3 12 5
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 3 5 13 9
Totals 1 0 0 3 8 16 46 29

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
The Players Championship CUT T21 T16 CUT CUT T37 CUT T22 CUT WD T12 CUT 69 T24 CUT
  Did not play

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

World Golf Championships

Wins (3)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship n/a 3 and 2 United States Davis Love III
2008 WGC-CA Championship 4 strokes −17 (65-67-68-71=271) 1 stroke United States Jim Furyk, South Africa Retief Goosen,
Fiji Vijay Singh
2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2) n/a 4 and 3 England Paul Casey

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Championship T3 1 T40 T45 T49 T55 T47 61
Match Play 1 2 R64 1 R32 R16 R64
Invitational T41 T36 T51 T68 T22 T22 T37 T24
Champions T10 T56 T51
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Year Wins (Majors) Earnings (US$) Rank
2001 0 525,338 95
2002 0 957,184 64
2003 0 1,477,246 45
2004 0 1,236,910 61
2005 1 1,931,676 33
2006 2 (1) 4,354,969 5
2007 0 2,943,203 14
2008 1 2,880,099 15
2009 2 3,866,270 8
2010 1 2,393,045 29
2011 0 1,916,994 43
2012 0 1,255,223 71
2013 0 892,920 93
2014 1 1,809,632 54
2015 0 653,925 139
2016 0 397,595 167
2017 0 867,249 114
2018 0 93,947 211
Career* 8 (1) 30,453,426 30

* Complete through the 2018 season.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 26 2008 Ending 29 Jun 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking". Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Players who have reached the Top Ten in the Official World Golf Ranking since 1986". European Tour Official Guide 09 (38th ed.). PGA European Tour. 2009. p. 558.
  4. ^ Week 14 – Johnson Wagner Wins the Shell Houston Open and Climbs to World Number 124 Archived 26 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Official World Golf Rankings – Week 26, 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
  6. ^ "Geoff Ogilvy wins in Hawaii as Martin Laird impresses". BBC Sport. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.

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