Geoff Ogilvy

For the English cricketer, see Geoffrey Ogilvy.

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.

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

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

Amateur wins

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

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	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	[phone]=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

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		Davis Love III
2	18 Jun 2006	U.S. Open	[phone]=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

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	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

Other wins (2)

• 1998 Tasmanian Open
• 2009 Telus World Skins Game

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
2006	U.S. Open	1 shot deficit	[phone]=285)	1 stroke	Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie, 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

• 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

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		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 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

• 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

See also

• Biography portal

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

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.

External links

• 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