Bet365com – Geoff Ogilvy
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Geoff Ogilvy has carried his red hot Australian form with him overseas and taken out the first tour event of the year, the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii, by six strokes.
Ogilvy who one the Australia Open at Huntingdale in December of last year, has consolidated his position as the highest ranked Australian golfer on the U.S. Pro Tour.
Ogilvy shot a flawless third round of sixty five to set up a six shot lead head into the final round and never looked like stumbling on his way to claiming the 1.4 Million dollar first prize.
The event is only open to players who had won a tour event on the 2008 calender so needless to say it was one of the strongest (albeit smallest) fields of the year.
The only other Australia to play in the tournament was Adam Scott who finished well back in a tie for eighteenth position.
The win represents a dream start for the Melbournian who is looking to be the first Australian to dominate the world golf scene since Greg Norman did it back in the late eighties and early nineties.
After the near flawless third round, Ogilvy got off to a very nervous start, bogeying the first and second holes, only to birdie the following two, then drop another two on consecutive holes.
He put the win beyond doubt with a slick eagle on the ninth followed by four consecutive birdies from the twelfth hole to the fifteenth hole.
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