Geoff Ogilvy

For the English cricketer, see Geoffrey Ogilvy.
Geoff Ogilvy
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Geoff Charles Ogilvy
Born (1977-06-11) 11 June 1977
Adelaide, Australia
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Spouse Juli Ogilvy
Children Phoebe, Jasper, Harvey
Career
Turned professional 1998
Current tour(s) PGA Tour (joined 2001)
PGA Tour of Australasia (joined 1998)
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 13
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 8
European Tour 4
PGA Tour of Australasia 2
Other 3
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters Tournament T4: 2011
U.S. Open Won: 2006
The Open Championship T5: 2005
PGA Championship T6: 2005, 2007
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner		 2010

Geoff Charles Ogilvy (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 born 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.[1][2]

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.[3] In late June 2008, he rose to 3rd in the rankings.[4] 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.[5]

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.

Amateur wins (3)

Professional wins (13)

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, South Korea United States Kevin Na
2 26 Feb 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship 3 & 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 & 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 points (16-7-12-14=49) 5 points United States Justin Hicks

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2005 Chrysler Classic of Tucson United States Mark Calcavecchia, South Korea United States Kevin Na Won with birdie on second extra hole
Calcavecchia eliminated with 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 & 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 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
4 1 Mar 2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2) 4 & 3 England Paul Casey

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

Other wins (3)

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunners-up
2006 U.S. Open 2 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 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T16 T24 T39 T15
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP T28 1 T42 T9 T47
The Open Championship CUT DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP T5 T16 CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T27 T24 T6 T9 T6 T31 T43
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament T26 T4 T19 DNP DNP 48 DNP
U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT T32 CUT T18 CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT T9 T44 DNP T40 DNP
PGA Championship CUT CUT T11 CUT T46 CUT DNP

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

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

World Golf Championships

Wins (3)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up
2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship n/a 3 & 2 United States Davis Love III
2008 WGC-CA Championship 4 strokes −10 (71-66-68-73=278) 1 stroke United States Jim Furyk, South Africa Retief Goosen, Fiji Vijay Singh
2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2) n/a 4 & 3 England Paul Casey

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Cadillac Championship DNP DNP T3 1 T40 T45 T49 T55 T47 DNP 61
Cadillac Match Play Championship DNP 1 2 R64 1 R32 R16 R64 DNP DNP DNP
Bridgestone Invitational T41 T36 T51 T68 T22 T22 T37 T24 DNP DNP DNP
HSBC Champions T10 DNP T56 T51 DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
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
Career* 8 (1) 29,492,230 28

* Complete through the 2015–16 season.

Team appearances

Professional

Equipment

Ogilvy's current equipment effective as of the 2011 season.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking
  2. ↑ "Players who have reached the Top Ten in the Official World Golf Ranking since 1986". European Tour Official Guide 09 (PDF) (38th ed.). PGA European Tour. 2009. p. 558. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  3. ↑ Week 14 – Johnson Wagner Wins the Shell Houston Open and Climbs to World Number 124
  4. ↑ Official World Golf Rankings – Week 26, 2008
  5. ↑ "Geoff Ogilvy wins in Hawaii as Martin Laird impresses". BBC Sport. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
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