Geoff Ogilvy made a big splash in the world of golf this year by winning the prestigious US Open. Suddenly, he was on everyone’s lips and they were all asking the same questions: Who is Geoff Ogilvy and where did he come from?
Ogilvy is an Australian golfer who currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. This may come as a surprise to many but the US Open was actually Ogilvy’s third championship on the PGA Tour. He previously won the 2005 Chrysler Classic of Tucson and the 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship last February before bagging the 2006 U.S. Open title in June. By virtue of this string of victories, Ogilvy barged into golf’s elite World Top 10 for the first time, rising to as high as number eight.
Ogilvy was simply electric in the US Open, finishing his round with a champion’s flourish and making improbable pars on the last two holes, a 30-foot chip shot at the 17th and a downhill six-footer on the 18th. He was lucky, too, as American Phil Mickelson gave up a two shot lead with three holes to play.
As the first Australian player to win a major golf tournament in 11 years (since Steve Elkington at the 1995 PGA...
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