Golf Update: How can a win be uneasy? Geoff Ogilvy illustrates
Geoff Ogilvy is the winner of the 2010 Australian Open Championship , except, where many would expect Ogilvy to feel euphoric from the struggled victory he said he felt rather odd.
Recent reports state that the win was subsequent to a lead of three rounds with a front of four strokes by the thirty three year old winner. Ogilvy played a total of 269 strokes and carded a massive 69 in contention to Matt Jones, who collected a 68 for
the runner up place.
According to Ogilvy, his lead at the first tee marked a peculiar start for him. The thirty three year old said that no matter how many times he plays the role of a leader, the feeling stays the same and he always feels strange.
Regarding the game, the 1998 turned professional said that his ball decided on going against his prescribed route and wasn’t really following his orders. Ogilvy played a tight brawl with the thirty year old Jones, who attacked his lead at every stage of
the event. The leader fought hard against Jones birdie attacks but had never felt more uncomfortable than the 5th of this December.
Ogilvy led rounds later than the first round and managed to card a 65, a 67 and then a final 69 to finish off the Australian war. He said that as far as the front nine is concerned, he over did it. The golfer said that his focus had been to play all sorts
of putts put before him as he failed to examine his short game the previous days.
Matt Jones, the man who ended on T2 with Alistair Presnell, played a total of 273 strokes and collected the lowest score in the second round of the Open with a 64. The sandwiching rounds were finished with a 70 and a 71 of round 1 and 3 while the last round
ended with a combating 69.
If Ogilvy had to give the Open any title, it would have been ‘The Mental Challenge’. Ogilvy elaborated about his uneasiness and said that when everyone hands the golfer a tournament before it has actually ended and the golfer himself hasn’t, then that’s
exactly when things turn weird... seems like a guy who doesn’t like attention.
“The large lead just gives a bizarre feeling” Ogilvy said.
The thirty three year old lost his favourite putter around two months back and has borrowed one from Adam Scott for next week. Ogilvy believes that although he isn’t putting the way he wants to right now, he is still looking forward to the Australian PGA
Championship due to be held a week later.
“I’m hoping it works” Ogilvy said.
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