| Geoff Ogilvy made a big splash in the
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| | Steve Elkington at the 1995 PGA
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| world of golf this year by winning the
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| | Championship), the 29-year-old Ogilvy has
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| prestigious US Open. Suddenly, he was on
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| | been hailed as a hero in his homeland.
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| everyone's lips and they were all asking
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| | Tony Hallam, CEO of Golf Australia,
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| the same questions: Who is Geoff Ogilvy
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| | stated, "The reaction of the Australian
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| and where did he come from?
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| | public and the Australian golf community
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| Ogilvy is an Australian golfer who
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| | to Geoff's achievement has been
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| currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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| | phenomenal. Geoff's victory is
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| This may come as a surprise to many but
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| | particularly significant for golf in
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| the US Open was actually Ogilvy's third
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| | Australia and for golfing fans who were
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| championship on the PGA Tour. He
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| | willing an Australian to win a Major
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| previously won the 2005 Chrysler Classic
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| | after an 11 year drought. No doubt this
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| of Tucson and the 2006 WGC-Accenture
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| | will inspire more young Australians to be
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| Match Play Championship last February
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| | successful on the international sporting
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| before bagging the 2006 U.S. Open title
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| | field."
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| in June. By virtue of this string of
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| | Ogilvy turned professional in May of 1998
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| victories, Ogilvy barged into golf's
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| | and won a European Tour card at that
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| elite World Top 10 for the first time,
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| | year's Qualifying school. He played on
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| rising to as high as number eight.
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| | the European Tour in 1999 and 2000,
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| Ogilvy was simply electric in the US
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| | finishing 65th in his first season and
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| Open, finishing his round with a
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| | improving to 48th in his second. He
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| champion's flourish and making improbable
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| | joined the U.S. based PGA Tour in 2001,
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| pars on the last two holes, a 30-foot
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| | and finished in the top 100 in each of
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| chip shot at the 17th and a downhill
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| | his first five seasons. His first
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| six-footer on the 18th. He was lucky,
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| | professional tournament win came in 2005
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| too, as American Phil Mickelson gave up a
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| | at the PGA Tour's Chrysler Classic of
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| two shot lead with three holes to play.
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| | Tucson. In February 2006 he beat Davis
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| As the first Australian player to win a
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| | Love III in the final of the
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| major golf tournament in 11 years (since
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| | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
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