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Geoff Ogilvy

Australian professional golfer

Field	Value
name	Geoff Ogilvy
image	2017 Australian Open - Geoff Ogilvy (28185656317).jpg
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caption	Ogilvy in 2017
fullname	Geoff Charles Ogilvy
birth_date
birth_place	Adelaide, South Australia
death_date
height
weight	180 lb
nationality
residence	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
spouse	Bree Laughlin
children	3
yearpro	1998
tour	PGA Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
extour	European Tour
prowins	12
pgawins	8
eurowins	4
japwins
asiawins
sunwins
auswins	2
nwidewins
chalwins
champwins
seneurowins
otherwins	2
majorwins	1
masters	T4: 2011
usopen	Won: 2006
open	T5: 2005
pga	T6: 2005, 2007
wghofid
wghofyear
award1	PGA Tour of Australasia
Rookie of the Year
year1	1998–99
award2	PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner
year2	2010
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signature	Geoff_Ogilvy_signature.jpg

PGA Tour of Australasia Rookie of the Year](pga-tour-of-australasia-rookie-of-the-year) Order of Merit winner](pga-tour-of-australasia-order-of-merit-winners) Geoff Charles Ogilvy (born 11 June 1977) is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships.

Early life

Ogilvy was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to an English-born father Mike and Australian mother Judy.

Professional career

Ogilvy 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.

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. In late June 2008, he rose to 3rd in the rankings. 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.

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

Geoff Ogilvy married Juli in 2004, and the couple had three children before divorcing in 2020. He later married Australian television personality Bree Laughlin on 20 June 2024 in Las Vegas.

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	USA Mark Calcavecchia, USA Kevin Na
2	26 Feb 2006	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	3 and 2	USA Davis Love III
3	18 Jun 2006	U.S. Open	+5 (71-70-72-72=285)	1 stroke	USA Jim Furyk, USA Phil Mickelson,
SCO Colin Montgomerie
4	24 Mar 2008	WGC-CA Championship	−17 (65-67-68-71=271)	1 stroke	USA Jim Furyk, ZAF Retief Goosen,
FJI Vijay Singh
5	11 Jan 2009	Mercedes-Benz Championship	−24 (67-68-65-68=268)	6 strokes	USA Anthony Kim, USA Davis Love III
6	1 Mar 2009	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2)	4 and 3	ENG Paul Casey
7	10 Jan 2010	SBS Championship (2)	−22 (69-66-68-67=270)	1 stroke	ZAF Rory Sabbatini
8	3 Aug 2014	Barracuda Championship	49 pts (16-7-12-14=49)	5 points	USA Justin Hicks

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2005	Chrysler Classic of Tucson	USA Mark Calcavecchia, USA 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	USA Davis Love III
2	18 Jun 2006	U.S. Open	+5 (71-70-72-72=285)	1 stroke	USA Jim Furyk, USA Phil Mickelson,
SCO Colin Montgomerie
3	23 Mar 2008	WGC-CA Championship	−17 (65-67-68-71=271)	1 stroke	USA Jim Furyk, ZAF Retief Goosen,
FJI Vijay Singh
4	1 Mar 2009	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2)	4 and 3	ENG 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	AUS Mathew Goggin
2	5 Dec 2010	Australian Open1	−19 (68-65-67-69=269)	4 strokes	AUS Matt Jones, AUS 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	AUS 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	+5 (71-70-72-72=285)	1 stroke	USA Phil Mickelson, SCO Colin Montgomerie,
USA Jim Furyk

Results timeline

Tournament	1999	2001	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

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	1	1	5	8	8
U.S. Open	1	1	2	3	13	7
The Open Championship	0	1	2	3	12	5
PGA Championship	0	0	3	5	13	9

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

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	USA Davis Love III
2008	WGC-CA Championship	4 strokes	−17 (65-67-68-71=271)	1 stroke	USA Jim Furyk, ZAF Retief Goosen,
FIJ Vijay Singh
2009	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2)	n/a	4 and 3	ENG Paul Casey

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	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

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

** 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, 2026 (non-playing captain)

References

"69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking".
(2009). "European Tour Official Guide 09". [[PGA European Tour]].
link. (26 May 2011)
"Official World Golf Rankings – Week 26, 2008".
(11 January 2010). "Geoff Ogilvy wins in Hawaii as Martin Laird impresses". BBC Sport.
https://www.themirror.com/sport/golf/geoff-goilvy-us-open-marriage-1195865

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