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