Geoff Ogilvy

OGILVY: The things taking the fun out of golf

OGILVY: The things taking the fun out of golf

The question before me is simple: what am I most disappointed to see on any golf course? 22 Feb 2018
OGILVY: Golf really is a game of opposites

OGILVY: Golf really is a game of opposites

One of the oldest clichés in golf is that it is a game of opposites. But like all clichés it is a cliché for a reason. It’s true in many ways. 22 Jan 2018
OGILVY: Too easy to “blame the ball” in distance debate

OGILVY: Too easy to “blame the ball” in distance debate

The clue is in the title. I’m a professional golfer. That’s what I do for a living. So, logically, it follows that – whether I want to or not – I am going to work on my game in ways that are going to maximise my ability to make money. 22 Dec 2017
AUS OPEN: Geoff Ogilvy's injury warning for Jason Day

AUS OPEN: Geoff Ogilvy's injury warning for Jason Day

Tiger Woods changed golf forever during his domination of the game and forced his contemporaries to rethink their approach to preparation. 21 Nov 2017
OGILVY: Fully exempt for next season … just

OGILVY: Fully exempt for next season … just

Mission accomplished. At the start of the 2016-17 PGA Tour season my aim was simple. 26 Oct 2017
OGILVY: Why we’re all chasing Jordan

OGILVY: Why we’re all chasing Jordan

Watching the Open Championship on television is not exactly my favourite view of golf’s oldest event – I’d much rather be there playing – but like every golf fan I thought this year’s final day was fantastic. 19 Sep 2017
OGILVY: Why Royal Birkdale is so good

OGILVY: Why Royal Birkdale is so good

Ask just about any player to identify the best English course on the Open Championship rota and most are likely to answer, “Royal Birkdale.” 18 Jul 2017
PGA TOUR: Tearful Stanley breaks five-year win drought

PGA TOUR: Tearful Stanley breaks five-year win drought

American Kyle Stanley ended a five-year winless streak on the PGA Tour when he defeated countryman Charles Howell III in a sudden death playoff at the Quicken Loans National. 3 Jul 2017
OGILVY: ‘Different & fun formats have their place’

OGILVY: ‘Different & fun formats have their place’

Like most people in golf I watched the World Super 6 tournament played at Lake Karrinyup in Perth back in February. 27 Apr 2017
OGILVY: ‘Reward fast players, don’t punish the slow’

OGILVY: ‘Reward fast players, don’t punish the slow’

It’s a fact of golfing life that the subject of slow play is guaranteed to provoke a reaction in almost every player. 22 Mar 2017
Ogilvy: Why Women's Golf Has Got My Attention

Ogilvy: Why Women's Golf Has Got My Attention

I must admit, I haven’t always been a fan of watching women’s golf. Maybe there was a bit of male ego going on, which is not something I’m proud of. 17 Jan 2017
AUS OPEN: Spieth’s win sends a message “I’m back”.

AUS OPEN: Spieth’s win sends a message “I’m back”.

The last time Jordan Spieth won the Emirates Australian Open, it laid the platform for one of the most incredible runs of form seen in the modern era. 20 Nov 2016
AUS OPEN: Brilliant 64 gives Ogilvy historical shot

AUS OPEN: Brilliant 64 gives Ogilvy historical shot

Geoff Ogilvy would like nothing better than to join the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Greg Norman as a multiple Australian Open Champion. Tomorrow he gets his chance. 19 Nov 2016
AUS OPEN: Ogilvy “wouldn’t be surprised if an amateur won”

AUS OPEN: Ogilvy “wouldn’t be surprised if an amateur won”

MAJOR Champions Jordan Spieth and Adam Scott with start favourites to win this week’s 101st staging of the Emirates Australian Open. 15 Nov 2016
OGILVY: Where there’s no advantage, there’s no foul

OGILVY: Where there’s no advantage, there’s no foul

Had a couple of rules officials approached me on the 12th tee in the final round of a US Open I was leading to tell me I might be getting a penalty for something that happened seven holes earlier, I’m not exactly sure what I would have said or done. 31 Aug 2016
Kim completes record-breaking PGA Tour win

Kim completes record-breaking PGA Tour win

Four weeks after shooting a final round 63 only to get pipped at the post by Aaron Baddeley in a play-off, Si Woo Kim can now call himself a PGA Tour winner. 22 Aug 2016
PGA Tour: Moore returns to the winner’s circle

PGA Tour: Moore returns to the winner’s circle

American Ryan Moore has broken a two-year winning drought after carding a flawless four under 67 to claim the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic by three strokes. 15 Aug 2016
PGA TOUR: Vegas rolls dice to win Canadian title by one

PGA TOUR: Vegas rolls dice to win Canadian title by one

Three birdies in his final three holes has catapulted Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas to an unlikely one-stroke victory in the RBC Canadian Open. 25 Jul 2016
OGILVY: The only time I’ll mention the ‘C’ word

OGILVY: The only time I’ll mention the ‘C’ word

Every golfer has done it but some have to cope with doing it on the biggest stages. Geoff Ogilvy examines the effects of the 'C' word. 29 Jun 2016
US OPEN: Players wary of brutal Oakmont

US OPEN: Players wary of brutal Oakmont

The 156-man US Open field has its hands full this week as wickedly difficult Oakmont Country Club looks set to play as tough as ever. 16 Jun 2016
OGILVY: What’s got the pros talking

OGILVY: What’s got the pros talking

The life of a pro golfer is always about playing and practicing. They chat and gossip. Geoff Ogilvy reveals what currently has tongues wagging. 28 Apr 2016