Biography
Geoff Ogilvy
Geoff Ogilvy is an Australian golfer. Ogilvy turned professional in 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 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
Geoff's wife's sister is the daughter-in-law of LPGA great Judy Rankin
PGA TOUR Victories(2)
2005 Chrysler Classic of Tucson.
2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Current YearPGA TOURMoney and Position $2,588,759 (4)
Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship,2
The Honda Classic,T10
Wachovia Championship,
Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round 66at Round3, Nissan Open,at Round1, Verizon Heritage
Current YearPGA TOUR Highlights
Earned three-year exemption (through 2009) with victory in first career start at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Ranked No. 52 in the 64-player field, earned a career-best $1.3 million in defeating Davis Love III 4 and 3 in the 36-hole Championship Match. First four matches went to extra holes, including a third-round match that featured a 4-down (with four to play) rally against Mike Weir. Topped Weir with an eagle-3 on the 21st hole.
Played a tournament record 129 holes for the week...Two weeks later, was first-round co-leader and finished solo second at The Honda Classic, two strokes behind champion Luke Donald. Posted three eagles and one double eagle on the week and surpassed $2 million in season's earnings with paycheck of $594,000. Finish was third top-10 in six starts at The Honda Classic...Finsihed T10 at the Wachovia Championship thanks to four sub-par rounds.
Captured first career PGA TOUR victory in his 108th career start on the PGA TOUR at age 27 years, 8 months and 16 days at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson. Posted rounds of 65-66-67-71--269 and went on to defeat Kevin Na and Mark Calcavecchia in a sudden-death playoff. Calcavecchia was eliminated on the first hole and Ogilvy converted a birdie-4 on the second playoff hole for the win. Became the fifth first-time winner in Tucson in last six years and won $540,000...
In next start, shared the third-round lead with Brett Wetterich at The Honda Classic. Made it to 15-under through 10 holes but recorded two bogeys and a double over the last eight holes to finish three strokes out of a three-man playoff at T6...
Recorded his first top-10 in a major with his T5 finish at the British Open at St. Andrews. It was his first start in that event since 2001 and his first made cut in three starts...Posted back-to-back top-10s in major championships for the first time in his career with his T6 finish at the PGA Championship. His top-10 finish moved him into the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking, making him eligible for the WGC-NEC Invitational the next week...Recorded his fifth top-10 of the season with his T3 effort at the FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World Resort.He collected $198,440, moving from 38th on the season money list to 27th.More
Career Highlights
2004: Recorded career-high 14 top-25s, including a season-best T5, at the Cialis Western Open, where he trailed by one after 36 and 54 holes and finished four back of winner Stephen Ames...Led the TOUR in All-Around Ranking (276) and shared the title for Total Eagles with Vijay Singh after recording a career-high 17.
2003: Improved his standing on the money list from 64th in 2002 to 45th and earned over $1 million for the first time in his career...Aided by final-round 65, tied career-best finish with T2 at Buick Open, two strokes behind champion Jim Furyk.
2002: Slow start to the season until May when he recorded his second career T2 finish on the PGA TOUR at the Compaq Classic of New Orleans...Was one out of the lead through 54 holes at the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill after third-round 66. Closing round of 70 gave him a solo fourth.
2001: Had a successful rookie campaign on the PGA TOUR, with two top-five finishes and earnings of $525,338...Part of a six-man first-round lead at Touchstone Energy Tucson Open after a 67. Finished T3 in first PGA TOUR start...Earned second top-10 in fifth start, T2 at Honda Classic. Opened with 65 for share of first-round lead.
2000: Joined Ben Ferguson and Stephen Allan as three Australians who survived PGA TOUR Qualifying School...Played on the Australasian, European and Southern African Tours...Four top-10s rocketed to him to fifth on PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in second season...Finished second behind Tiger Woods in Johnnie Walker Classic.
1999: Qualified to play in the British Open, his only PGA TOUR experience...Australian Rookie of the Year...Finished second place in the Johnnie Walker Classic behind Michael Campbell. 1998: Gained card at first attempt on the European Tour and Australasian Tour. Amateur: Played full-time amateur golf before turning pro...Visited the UK with some success, finishing runner-up in the
1997 Brabazon Trophy and reaching the last eight of the
1998 British Amateur at Muirfield...Won
1997 Lake Macquarie Amateur.
Personal
A distant relative of Sir Angus Ogilvy, part of Britain's Royal Family and an even-more distant relative of Scotland's King of Bannockburn fame, Robert the Bruce...Was given a cut-down club by his dad at age 7 and progressed to a scratch handicap by age 16...Played full-time amateur golf before turning pro. Talented junior athlete in many sports, winning numerous athletics medals at state and national level...Interested in history of golf.
PGA TOURPlayoff Record 1-0
Reference:
http://www.pgatour.com/players/bio/238088
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Ogilvy
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