Geoff Ogilvy

Geoff Ogilvy
Personnel
Nation:	Australia
Career data
Professional since:	1998
Current tour:	PGA TOUR
Tournament wins:	8th
Major wins :	1 (2006)

Geoff Ogilvy (born June 11, 1977 in Adelaide ) is an Australian professional golfer . He belongs to the circle of major winners.

Career

After a successful amateur career, during which he won the German Amateur Open Championship in 1996 , Ogilvy became a professional golfer in May 1998. He qualified through the Tour School for the European Tour , played there in 1999 and 2000, and reached positions 65 and 48 in the money list. In 2001 Ogilvy turned to the North American PGA Tour and has been in the top 100 every season since. In 2005 he won his first event in this series, the Chrysler Classic of Tucson . In February of the following year he won the highly endowed WGC Accenture Match Play Championship , where he defeated the American Davis Love III in the final . Ogilvy succeeded in winning the US Open in June , making him the first Australian since Steve Elkington (1995) to win a major again. With this success he temporarily moved into the top 10 of the golf world rankings . After further victories and the renewed win of the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship , Olgivy was able to achieve his best world rankings in early March 2009 with 4th place.

Geoff Ogilvy is married to his wife Juli. The couple have a daughter and live in Scottsdale , Arizona . He is a distant relative of Sir Angus Ogilvy , a member of the British royal family.

PGA Tour victories

• 2005 Chrysler Classic of Tucson
• 2006 WGC Accenture Match Play Championship
• 2006 US Open
• 2008 WGC-CA Championship
• 2009 Mercedes Benz Championship, WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
• 2010 SBS Championship

Major championships are in bold .

PGA Tour of Australasia victories

• 2008 Australian PGA Championship

Results in major championships

competition	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T16	T24	T39	T15	T27	T4	T19	DNP
US Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T28	1	T42	T9	T47	CUT	CUT	CUT	T32
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T5	T16	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T9	T44
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T27	T24	T6	T9	T6	T31	T43	CUT	CUT	T11	CUT

competition	2014	2015
The Masters	DNP	48
US Open	CUT	T18
The Open Championship	DNP	T40
PGA Championship	T47	CUT

DNP = did not take part
CUT = cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victory Yellow background for top 10.

Participation in team competitions

• Presidents Cup (for the international team): 2009

See also

• List of winners in major golf tournaments

Web links

• Player profile at the PGA Tour (English)
• Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)