As reported by Rex Hoggard on Sunday's Golf Central, Geoff Ogilvy will be increasing his tournament load. In the past, Ogilvy has been more selective with his tournaments in an attempt to peak for each major tournament.
Ogilvy played in Australia in December and competed in a number of tournaments in the States to begin the year. Hoggard expects Ogilvy to squeeze in a tournament between the U.S. Open and British Open.
Although the networks probably were not too thrilled over the final match of Geoff Ogilvy and Paul Casey, the play from both players Sunday was nothing short of spectacular.
Not including holes that were conceded throughout the week, Ogilvy played 33 holes at 1-under-par or better. I wouldn't want to face him this fall at the President's Cup. Read the wire story here.
The Accenture Match Play wasn't the only men's tournament held this week. Players like Briny Baird and Bo Van Pelt hoped to do what Brian Gay did last year at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico--break through for their first wins on Tour. But Mark Wilson had other plans, securing his second Tour title.
As for the LPGA Tour, Lorena Ochoa overcame a three-shot deficit to claim her 25th Tour victory in Thailand.
If you tuned in to the Mercedes-Benz Championship with only a few holes remaining in competition, you probably thought it was a rout. But that was far from the case, as Geoff Ogilvy's large overnight lead was reduced to a single stroke after eight holes.
Ogilvy woke up soon after though, and ended up shooting a final round 5-under 68. He described his six-stroke lead to start round three as an "uncomfortable feeling."
Geoff Ogilvy's resume keeps getting more and more impressive. Even though he has won only four times in his 7+ years on tour, the tournaments he has won have had some of the deepest fields, including the US Open and two WGC's.
Ogilvy showed some frustration over the lack of respect some of the top players in the game have been getting because of Tiger Woods' latest run. He said in an article from The Press Association:
It's frustrating that everyone in the world basically says no-one else is trying. He is too good a lot of the time, but it doesn't mean we're not trying.
Since day one he hasn't lost many tournaments when he's gone out on Sunday in the last group. He's such a special player but the frustrating thing is that people think we're flying the white flag.
When he gets on a streak, you know it's going to end (sooner or later) and I know I'm going to win more tournaments, and I can handle that.
It's the chit-chat about 'is he going to win every tournament this year?.' That's frustrating to hear.
It might be frustrating for some of the top players, but it sure is fun to watch Tiger at his best.
With most of the attention on Tiger Woods' quest for the inaugural FedEx Cup and Zach Joh
nson's 60 yesterday at the Tour Championship, Geoff Ogilvy's 62 fell well under the radar. Ogilvy fired an 8-under 62 which included 10 birdies and two bogeys. Interestingly, Ogilvy finished his round before Johnson. Therefore, for about 10 minutes, Ogilvy shared the course record with Bart Bryant and Tim Clark. Ogilvy said the following about the greens at East Lake GC: "They're not fast but they're true and it goes where you hit it. As long as you hit it anywhere around the pin, if you hit good putts they're going to go in." Ogilvy trails Woods by nine strokes heading into Sunday.
With all of the hoopla surrounding Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson yesterday at the Deutsche Bank Championship, players like Geoff Ogilvy and Aaron Baddeley were almost completely forgotten. Nevertheless, due to Ogilvy's T-6 performance, he has moved into the top-10 in the FedEx Cup standings (8th). Baddeley finished in fifth place in Boston, and moved up to 11th in the standings.
