Geoff Ogilvy

Geoff Ogilvy will go up against Michael Campbell at Moore Park Golf Course in Sydney as part of an Australia v New Zealand Golf Skins Challenge on December 7. They will be joined by celebrities from both nations who will also play off against one another in golf's version of the Bledisloe Cup. It will be a short drive for Michael Campbell, the 2005 US Open champ who now resides in Sydney and is attempting to piece his golf game back together. Geoff Ogilvy, the 2006 US Open winner will also take time out of summer schedule to play. The event is free for ... Read Full Story

Geoff Ogilvy was dubbed the marathon man after winning the 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the Australian has followed a similar pattern to reach the quarter-finals at this year’s event. The world number eight needed extra holes to win his first two matches at Dove Mountain before beating Colombia’s Camilo Villegas 2&1 in Friday’s third round. Three years ago, Ogilvy completed a tournament record of 129 holes over the five days, a significant factor he felt in his path to victory at La Costa in Carlsbad, California. “I think it helps,” Ogilvy told reporters after reaching the last eight at the event for ... Read Full Story

So much for that perfect-season talk. Not only has Tiger Woods been beaten, Geoff Ogilvy did it on a course where the world’s No. 1 player looked unstoppable in recent years. Ogilvy won the CA Championship on Monday, saving a round that seemed in peril with a chip-in for par at the 13th hole and going on to claim his second victory in a World Golf Championship event. A final-round of 1-under 71 was good enough for him to finish at 17 under, one shot better than Retief Goosen, Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh, all closing with 68s in the rain-delayed tournament. Woods was ... Read Full Story

Tiger Woods’ unbeaten streak lives another day. Barring a big comeback, it’ll live for only one more day. Geoff Ogilvy got to 17 under through nine holes and held a two-shot lead over Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh at the soggy CA Championship, which won’t finish until Monday because of a three-hour weather delay during the final round. Furyk was 15 under through 10, Singh through nine. Retief Goosen and Graeme Storm were three shots back and Steve Stricker made a huge charge, shooting a final-round 63 to finish 13 under, four shots back of Ogilvy. Play will resume Monday at 8:30 a.m., when ... Read Full Story

Former winner Geoff Ogilvy breathed a sigh of relief after battling his way into the third round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship with a Houdini-like escape on Thursday. The Australian world number eight came from two down after 15 holes to scrape past Japan’s Shingo Katayama on the 19th green at Dove Mountain’s Ritz-Carlton Golf Club. It was the second match in a row where Ogilvy was taken to extra holes, having beaten 2002 champion Kevin Sutherland of the U.S. after 19 in the opening round. “In the end, I got lucky but I played kind of well in that little stretch in ... Read Full Story