Geoff Ogilvy

Geoff Ogilvy
Ogilvy in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Geoff Charles Ogilvy
Born	(1977-06-11) 11 June 1977 (age 47) Adelaide, South Australia
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Residence	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Spouse	Bree Laughlin
Children	3
Career
Turned professional	1998
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	12
Highest ranking	3 (29 June 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	8
European Tour	4
PGA Tour of Australasia	2
Other	2
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T4: 2011
PGA Championship	T6: 2005, 2007
U.S. Open	Won: 2006
The Open Championship	T5: 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.

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.

Ogilvy is married to Australian TV personality Bree Laughlin. Ogilvy has three children.^{[citation needed]}

• 1995 Portsea Open Amateur
• 1996 German Amateur Open Championship
• 1997 Victorian Amateur Championship, Lake Macquarie Amateur

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	Mark Calcavecchia, Kevin Na
2	26 Feb 2006	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	3 and 2		Davis Love III
3	18 Jun 2006	U.S. Open	+5 (71-70-72-72=285)	1 stroke	Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie
4	24 Mar 2008	WGC-CA Championship	−17 (65-67-68-71=271)	1 stroke	Jim Furyk, Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh
5	11 Jan 2009	Mercedes-Benz Championship	−24 (67-68-65-68=268)	6 strokes	Anthony Kim, Davis Love III
6	1 Mar 2009	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2)	4 and 3		Paul Casey
7	10 Jan 2010	SBS Championship (2)	−22 (69-66-68-67=270)	1 stroke	Rory Sabbatini
8	3 Aug 2014	Barracuda Championship	49 pts (16-7-12-14=49)	5 points	Justin Hicks

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

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

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

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	Mathew Goggin
2	5 Dec 2010	Australian Open1	−19 (68-65-67-69=269)	4 strokes	Matt Jones, 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	Peter Senior	Lost to par on second extra hole

• 1998 Tasmanian Open
• 2009 Telus World Skins Game

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

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

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

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

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

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.

* Complete through the 2018 season.

Amateur

• Nomura Cup (representing Australia): 1997
• Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 1998
• Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Victoria): 1995, 1996, 1997

Professional

• Presidents Cup (International Team): 2007, 2009, 2011

• List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• List of men's major championships winning golfers
• 2000 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

• Geoff Ogilvy at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
• Geoff Ogilvy at the European Tour official site
• Geoff Ogilvy at the PGA Tour official site
• Geoff Ogilvy at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
• Geoff Ogilvy player profile, Golf Australia Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
• Geoff Ogilvy Foundation