Geoff Ogilvy

Professional Golfer

Male

Born Jun 11, 1977

Age 35

Hometown Adelaide

Other Names Ogilvy, Geoff Cha...

Geoff Charles Ogilvy is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships.

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Motivated Ogilvy Ready To Make Push For Augusta
Reuters.com - Mar 06, 2013

MIAMI (Reuters) - Australian Geoff Ogilvy has shrugged off a miserable spell of form on the West Coast just in time for this week's WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral, where he will look to bolster his chances for a Masters invite.
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Ogilvy Refinds His Touch On East Coast Greens
Reuters.com - Mar 03, 2013

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (Reuters) - Australian Geoff Ogilvy heads into Sunday's final round of the Honda Classic just two strokes back of the lead, refinding his touch with the putter after a poor start to the season.
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Mickelson Using 9 Year Old Fairway Wood
Golf.com - Sep 13, 2012

Phil Mickelson continued his hot play last week at the BMW Championship and finished tied for second, two shots behind Rory McIlroy. While most onlookers noticed that Mickelson was putting with the claw grip, sharp-eyed equipment junkies might have noticed another change. Mickelson continued to use his Callaway RAZR Fit driver (9.5°) and his Callaway Big Bertha Diablo Octane 3-wood (15°), but the Hall of Famer replaced his Callaway RAZR Fit 5-wood (18°) with a Titleist 980F 5-wood (17°) wit...
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2012 Deutsche Bank Championship: Tv Schedule, Tee Times, Pairings For Monday
SB Nation Chicago - Sep 03, 2012

Louis Oosthuizen takes a three shot lead into the final round of play Monday at the 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston. Oosthuizen charged to the top of the leaderboard Sunday and finished his masterful third round with nine birdies, including a stretch of seven in a row from hole No. 4 to hole No. 10, adding only one bogey to post an 8-under, 63. He is -19 for the tournament. That score puts him three shots ahead of previous leader Rory McIlroy who is at -16 after a t...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1977 Birth Born on June 11, 1977.

TWENTIES

1998 21 Years Old Ogilvy was born in Adelaide, South Australia to an English-born father Mike and Australian born mother Judy. He turned professional in May 1998 and he won a European Tour card at that year's Qualifying school.

1999 22 Years Old He played on the European Tour in 1999 and 2000, finishing 65th in his first season and improving to 48th in his second.

2001 24 Years Old He joined the U.S. based PGA Tour in 2001, and finished in the top 100 in each of his first five seasons.

2005 28 Years Old His first professional tournament win came in 2005 at the PGA Tour's Chrysler Classic of Tucson.

2006 29 Years Old 3 More Events

… He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships.

THIRTIES

2008 31 Years Old 2 More Events

Ogilvy won the 2008 WGC-CA Championship, his second World Golf Championship title, by one shot shooting 17-under par. … Read More

2009 32 Years Old 1 More Event

In 2009 Ogilvy continued his success at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship defeating Paul Casey. … Read More

2010 33 Years Old In January 2010, Ogilvy won the SBS Championship, the opening event of the 2010 PGA Tour.

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