Sunday, December 07, 2008

Geoff Ogilvy wins Australian PGA
Championship after Goggin slips

Former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy fired a final round of 69 to win the Australian PGA championship in Coolum Golf Resort, Queensland today.
It was a first career victory in his native Australia for Ogilvy, who recently finished third in the HSBC Champions tournament in China.
He finished on 14 under par 274, two strokes ahead of fellow countryman Mathew Goggin, who had led after three rounds but had three bogeys in his 72.
"It's nice that I've done it, and I'd like to get a few more," Ogilvy said.
"There is an element where you'd think it would be easier because it is not a US Tour field - there's no Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods and all that. It was a great opportunity."
Peter Senior, Scott Strange and Rod Pampling were tied for third place, a shot behind Goggin, who added: "It was a great opportunity for me, and I just threw it away."
The highest-placed non-Australian was South Africa's Tim Clark, who finished tied for 11th place on nine under par 279
Ogilvy, who won the US Open at Winged Foot in 2006, won the WGC-CA Championship in March to end a run of seven straight wins by Tiger Woods.
The Australian Open - seen as part of the "Triple Crown" of Australian golf, along with the Australian Masters and PGA - begins at Royal Sydney on Thursday.
LEADING TOTALS
Players from Australia unless stated
Par 288 (4 x 72)
274 Geoff Ogilvy 67 71 67 69.
276 Mathew Goggin 67 68 69 72
277 Peter Senior 70 67 71 69, Scott Strange 70 69 69 69, Rodney Pampling 70 67 68 72.
278 Wayne Perske 71 66 73, John Senden 69 70 71 68, Brett Rumford 69 72 69 65, Wade Ormsby 70 70 69 69, Chris Gaunt 71 68 68 71.
279 Tim Clark (SAf) 68 73 69 69, Peter O'Malley 72 67 67 73, Paul Sheehan 66 70 74 69
280 Peter Wilson 68 69 72 71, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 66 72 69 73
281 Jarrod Lyle 72 63 71 75, Michael Brennan 71 70 71 69
282 Nathan Green 70 68 72 72, Craig Parry 71 71 72 68, Steven Conran 71 70 69 72
283 David Lutterus (Rsa) 70 67 74 72, Paul Goydos (USA) 72 67 72 72, Robert Allenby 71 71 72 69
284 Brad Kennedy 71 70 73 70, Heath Reed 69 74 71 70, Stuart Appleby 71 70 73 70, Ashley Hall 72 71 73 68
285 Steve Alker (Nzl) 71 68 72 74, Matthew Millar 69 71 71 74, Matt Ballard 70 68 75 72, Darron Stiles (USA) 73 69 72 71, Anthony Brown 69 72 74 70, Richard Green 72 71 75 67, Craig Spence 76 68 74 67
286 Aron Price 70 70 73 73, Martin Doyle 71 73 72 70
287 Michael Long (Nzl) 67 72 73 75, Ryan Haller 73 71 73 70
288 David McKenzie 72 69 78 69, Bradley Hughes 70 72 75 71, Michael Curtain 70 67 76 75, Josh Geary (Nzl) 72 70 76 70, Adam Blyth 70 72 76 70, Brad Lamb 73 71 74 70
289 Michael Sim 70 73 74 72, Marc Leishman 72 69 72 76, Greg Chalmers 72 72 74 71, Steven Bowditch 70 72 72 75, Terry Pilkadaris 70 70 76 73
290 Aaron Black 71 72 74 73, Tim Wood 73 71 74 72, Brent McCullough 71 72 78 69, Adam Crawford 72 68 78 72
291 Richard Lee (Nzl) 67 71 73 80, Rudi Bezuidenhout 72 72 73 74, Peter Nolan 68 75 74 74
292 Mahal Pearce (Nzl) 69 73 73 77, Rowan Beste 73 71 74 74, David Diaz 73 67 77 75
293 Alex Simpson 75 68 79 71, Bronson LaCassie 70 74 75 74
294 Stephen Dartnell 74 70 76 74, Dae-hyun Kim (Kor) 74 69 73 78
295 Mark Brown (USA) 71 72 75 77
296 Craig Jones 70 73 78 75
297 Michael Lambert 71 73 77 76
299 Luke Hickmott 71 73 78 77

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