The tale of an Australian Open and the Ogilvy-Jones brawl
Not many trials are ever nerve-jangling enough to make the aficionados go crazy, except recently, the Lakes Championship managed to enter that list without reservations. The Australian Open commenced with it's scuffle from the
2nd of December and ended yesterday on the 5th with two golfers, Geoff Ogilvy and Matt Jones, aptly pursuing the Champion’s throne.
According to statistics, Ogilvy ended the last round of the event with a 69 on his score card while Jones grabbed a 68 in contention. Ogilvy is now the Australian Open Champion of the year 2010 and is reported to win the event
subsequent to a lead of three rounds with a front of four strokes.
Throughout the tournament, Ogilvy’s front had been threatened by Matt Jones who preferred the first place as Alistair Presnell raided the terrains of Sydney for the runner up position. Matt Jones is reported to intensify the upsetting
charge for Ogilvy at the last 36 holes of the event.
With the previously mentioned golfers attaining the second and third place on the leader board, Ogilvy added the current Open victory to one of his well known wins from the year 2008, the Stonehaven Cup. The victory was accomplished
against Joe Kirkwood, a PGA Champion, and handed Ogilvy mounting substance in Australian golfing history.
Coming over to the Ogilvy-Jones brawl, it all started from the 6th hole when Jones made his first move on Ogilvy’s lead. The thirty year old Arizona based Sydneysider pushed hard for the front and attained one birdie
on the sixth hole of The Lakes. Amazingly, Ogilvy failed to handle the mentioned GC hole and fell one shot to reduce the difference.
The warm and sunny conditions worked well with the placid waft easily and witnessed the 7th hole displaying a nearly unplayable green. The 7th however decided to favour Geoff Ogilvy and gifted him a miraculous
chance to save par. Ogilvy thus saved the par three greens efficiently while Jones missed out one splendid prospect of holding on to the previously gained pressure.
The 8th flagstick match handed both golfers a pack of beautiful birdies while the 9th hole supported Jones who managed to decrease the difference and improve the overall score after hitting from a distance
of 12 feet.
Till the 10th hole, the difference between the two Australian golfers reduced to mere three strokes and the anticipation built to an absurd level. The leader however neither lost hope nor poise as he continued to maintain
a straight face and charge the Lakes, all at the same time.
Moving further, the 13th and 14th hole awarded Ogilvy with two birdies in return to Jones attack and thus allowed him to close the winning door for his fellow competitor. The next point held a difference of
only two minutes as Ogilvy played the 15th hole with a saving putt and Jones unfortunately failed to cover the distance in the required strokes. The missed opportunity by Ogilvy thus sent the difference back to 4.
The 16th hole subdued Ogilvy’s defences a bit after he attained a bogey at the 16th hole but till that point, his irrefutable front was with three shots in hands.
So the 17th hole pushed Jones back at the runner up place with Alistair Presnell who carded a 65 in his last round and grabbed the dollar amount of $ 126,500. The last hole went smoothly for Ogilvy as he and Jones collectively
achieved the par and handed the 2010 Australian Open to Geoff Ogilvy gleefully.
With the brawl ending on the 5th, The PGA Tour of Australasia will next travel to Hyatt Regency Coolum. The previously stated venue would be holding the final event of the 2010 season known as the Australian PGA Championship
next.
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