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Ogilvy Match Play Master
Geoff Ogilvy managed to give the impression that he was playing a casual round on a pleasant Sunday afternoon, rather than in the finals of the Accenture Match Play Championship. Hit the ball, take a little stroll, hit the ball again, stroll some more, no hurry, no rush, no big deal. Get to the green, knock the ball in the hole, move on to the next tee. I thought to myself, self I thought, this is the visual definition of unflappable.
Geoff Ogilvy managed to give the impression that he was playing a casual round on a pleasant Sunday afternoon, rather than in the finals of the Accenture Match Play Championship. Hit the ball, take a little stroll, hit the ball again, stroll some more, no hurry, no rush, no big deal. Get to the green, knock the ball in the hole, move on to the next tee. I thought to myself, self I thought, this is the visual definition of unflappable.
There were times where I wondered, is this guy even awake? When he wasn’t moving it appeared he may have died standing up. And hit shots? Oh my did he hit some shots. Poor Paul Casey, every time he got something going Mr. Ogilvy topped him. “This afternoon, three birdies in the first eight holes and I still lost two holes,” Casey said. “Geoff was exceptional.”
How exceptional you might ask? Well how about never trailing for the last 63 holes? Or no bogeys in the last 48 holes? Or this little ditty, 25 under par over his 66 holes on the weekend. Somehow exceptional seems too common a description. It does fit into that quote better than he left Puma spike marks deeply embedded on the backsides of three pretty good players. When your butt has been used as a whoopie cushion for a day that’s about as diplomatic as one could get.
“This tournament has been pretty good to me,” Ogilvy said. Oh really, considering his record in this event is 17-2 and he’s won two of the last four years I would say it’s the other way around, he’s been pretty good for this tournament.
Tiger Woods returned to competitive golf this week, but only stayed a couple of days. Rory McIllroy showed what winning on the European Tour can do for confidence by playing quite well. Of course with his talent playing quite well is just about the mental part of the game now. Watch this kid closely, he has impressive skills. Stewart Cink made it to the semi finals this year after reaching the final last year. I can’t quite figure this guy out, he can play really well for a while, and then fall into a weekend hacker imitation that leaves an audience scratching an itch they didn’t know they had. Weird player. Weirder game, which may be all the answer one needs.
So we’re off to Florida for the Honda Classic.
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Photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
GolfWRX is live on site this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s one-and-only two-man team event.
As usual, general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums — including some pretty spicy custom putters and headcovers — await your viewing.
Be sure to check back for more photos from the Big Easy, as we’ll continue to update this page with additional galleries throughout the week.
General Albums
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #1
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WITB Albums
- Alex Fitzpatrick – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
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- Rory McIlroy – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
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Pullout Albums
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- Cameron putters – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Swag covers ( a few custom for Nick Hardy) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Custom Bettinardi covers for Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Doug Ghim’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Patrick Cantlay spotted testing a Scotty Cameron blade putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
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8thehardway
Mar 13, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Geoff is one of two players I won’t watch. John Daly’s one-dimensional, unthinking approach to golf reminds me of how he leads his life and tragicomic overtones ruins the joy of competition for me. Besides, his caddy keeps morphing into Dr. Phil and I never know if it’s a flashback from the 60s or wish-fulfillment gone psychosomatic. His extra-holes performance against Tiger a while back was the last straw.
I’ve only recently understood why I dislike watching Geoff, golf’s version of Paul Harvey and polar opposite to Daly’s Howard Stern. ‘Unflappable’ has it’s limits and I don’t want to care more about the outcome of his match than he does. Rory’s scowl, Tiger’s pump and Phil’s rolling eyes validate my watching and caring because I react like that; in fact, I’m thinking of revising my list of favorite players to favorite emoters to heighten the vicarious thrills and disappointments I’m entitled to feel during televised tournaments.
Another point, and no small one for me… how to reconcile his deliberate play with rare, but spectacular failures in strategy. Maybe it’s his way of showing there is some adrenaline clouding his judgement but it’s too little to late… he’s off the list.