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Ogilvy is an Australian golfer who currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. This might come as a surprise to numerous 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 200...

Geoff Ogilvy produced a huge splash in the globe of golf this year by winning the prestigious US Open. Suddenly, he was on everyone's lips and they had been all asking the same queries: Who is Geoff Ogilvy and where did he come from?

Ogilvy is an Australian golfer who presently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. This might come as a surprise to a lot of but the US Open was actually Ogilvy's third championship on the PGA Tour. He previously won the 2005 Chrysler Traditional of Tucson and the 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship final February before bagging the 2006 U.S. Open title in June. By virtue of this string of victories, Ogilvy barged into golf's elite Planet Top rated ten for the first time, rising to as higher as number eight.

Ogilvy was simply electric in the US Open, finishing his round with a champion's flourish and creating improbable pars on the final two holes, a 30-foot chip shot at the 17th and a downhill six-footer on the 18th. He was lucky, as well, as American Phil Mickelson gave up a two shot lead with three holes to play.

As the very first Australian player to win a key golf tournament in 11 years (given that Steve Elkington at the 1995 PGA Championship), the 29-year-old Ogilvy has been hailed as a hero in his homeland.

Tony Hallam, CEO of Golf Australia, stated, "The reaction of the Australian public and the Australian golf community to Geoff's achievement has been phenomenal. Geoff's victory is particularly substantial for golf in Australia and for golfing fans who were prepared an Australian to win a Significant right after an 11 year drought. No doubt this will inspire more young Australians to be effective on the international sporting field."

Ogilvy turned expert in May possibly of 1998 and 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 very first season and enhancing to 48th in his second. He joined the U.S. based PGA Tour in 2001, and completed in the top 100 in each of his initial 5 seasons. His 1st skilled tournament win came in 2005 at the PGA Tour's Chrysler Classic of Tucson. In February 2006 he beat Davis Really like III in the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. audi tail lights