Geoff Ogilvy - Media Guide

and 2 for his 11th consecutive match win in this event. He is the second player to reach the final the year after winning the tournament, with Tiger Woods winning in 2003 and 2004. Moved into the top-25 in the FedExCup points standings, where he would remain for the rest of the year...Finished T3 at the World Golf Championships-CA Championship at Doral Golf Resort and Spa...Finished T9 at the Memorial Tournament, his fourth top-10 of the season...Recorded his fifth top-10 in a major championship in his last 10 appearances with a T6 at the PGA Championship. Final-round 69 featured one birdie and 17 pars...Qualified for his first Presidents Cup...Was one of only two players to string together four rounds in the 60s at The Barclays. Finished T4, his sixth top-10 of the season...Closed with a pair of 67s at the Deutsche Bank Championship to finish T6 at the TPC Boston. Improved from 17th to eighth in the FedExCup standings...One of two rookies on the International Team at the Presidents Cup and played in all five sessions, compiling a 2-3-0 record. Teamed with fellow Aussie Nick O'Hern to beat Stewart Cink and Lucas Glover in the Four-Ball matches and then defeated Steve Stricker 1-up in the Sunday Singles.

in defeating Davis Love III 4 and 3 in the 36-hole Championship Match. First four matches went to extra holes, including a third-round match that featured a 4-down (with four to play) rally against Mike Weir. Topped Weir with an eagle-3 on the 21st hole. Played a tournament-record 129 holes for the week...Two weeks later, finished solo second at The Honda Classic, two strokes behind champion Luke Donald. Posted three eagles and one double eagle on the week and surpassed $2 million in season earnings...Playing in only his third U.S. Open and his 10th major championship, won the 106th U.S. Open at Winged Foot GC, posting rounds of 71-70-72-72--285. Entered the final round one shot off the lead of Phil Mickelson and Kenneth Ferrie. Chipped in for par on No. 17 and managed an up-and-down par on No. 18 to finish at 5-over. Colin Montgomerie suffered a double bogey on the 72nd hole to fall to 6-over-par. In the final pairing, nursing a one-stroke lead. Mickelson double-bogeyed the 72nd hole to fall to 6-over. The result was Ogilvy's first major title, the second Australian (David Graham, 1981) to win the U.S. Open. The 5-over 285 total was the high 72-hole total on TOUR in 2006 and the first time since Paul Lawrie captured the 1999 British Open (6-over) that a TOUR tournament was won with an over-par score...Named Player of the Month in June...Finished the majors with a T9 at the PGA. Did not finish lower than T16 (Masters, British Open) in any of the four majors...Ended the season making eight consecutive cuts, including a T19 in his first TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. 2005: Captured first career TOUR victory in his 108th career start on TOUR at age 27 years, 8 months and 16 days at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson. Posted rounds of 65-66-67-71--269 and went on to defeat Kevin Na and Mark Calcavecchia in a sudden-death playoff. Calcavecchia was eliminated on the first hole and Ogilvy converted a birdie-4 on the second playoff hole for the win. Became the fifth first-time winner in Tucson in last six years and won $540,000...Recorded his first top-10 in a major with his T5 finish at the British Open at St. Andrews...Posted back-to-back top-10s in major championships for the first time in his career with his T6 finish at the PGA Championship. 2004: Recorded career-high 14 top-25s, including a season-best T5 at the Cialis Western Open, where he trailed by one after 36 and 54 holes and finished four back of winner Stephen Ames...Led the TOUR in All-Around Ranking (276) and shared the title for Total Eagles with Vijay Singh after recording a career-high 17. 2003: Earned more than $1 million for the first time in his career...Aided by final-round 65, tied career-best finish with T2 at Buick Open, two strokes behind champion Jim Furyk. 2002: Slow start to the season until May when he recorded his second career T2 finish on the PGA TOUR at the Compaq Classic of New Orleans...Was one out of the lead through 54 holes at the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill after third-round 66. Closing round of 70 gave him a solo fourth. 2001: Had a successful rookie campaign on the PGA TOUR, with two top-five finishes and earnings of $525,338...Part of a six-man first-round lead at Touchstone Energy Tucson Open after a 67. Finished T3 in first PGA TOUR start...Earned second top-10 in fifth start, T2 at Honda Classic. Opened with 65 for share of first-round lead. 2000: Joined Ben Ferguson and Stephen Allan as three Australians who survived PGA TOUR Qualifying School...Played on the Australasian, European and Southern African Tours...Four top-10s rocketed to him to fifth on PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in second season...Finished second behind Tiger Woods in Johnnie Walker Classic. 1999: Qualified to play in the British Open, his only PGA TOUR experience...Australian Rookie of the Year...Finished second place in the Johnnie Walker Classic behind Michael Campbell. 1998: Gained card at first attempt on the European Tour and Australasian Tour. Amateur: Played full-time amateur golf before turning pro...Visited the UK with some success, finishing runner-up in the 1997 Brabazon Trophy and reaching the last eight of the 1998 British Amateur at Muirfield...Won 1997 Lake Macquarie Amateur.

sports, winning numerous athletics medals at state and national level...Interested in history of golf.