And the 2010 season is underway…and it has an awfully familiar feeling.
Geoff Ogilvy continued his West Coast assult on the PGA Tour with a one shot victory at the SBS Championship at Kapalua Plantation Course in Maui, Hawaii. Ogilvy was the defending champion of the event, and shot an impressive 22 under par to hold off a hard charging Rory Sabbatini.
Early season success has been nothing new to Ogilvy who has secured an early lead in the Fedex Cup race over the last few years with red hot West Coast play. As I said before he was the defending champion of the season opener and has embraced the tours early season. Six of his seven tour victories have fallen on the calender before the season’s first major. In fact, five of his wins have come on the Tour’s “West Coast Swing.”
The SBS Championship invites only the previous season’s event winners, and although there were only 28 players in the field, this was the who’s who of tour fields...sort of (no Tiger, Phil, or most of the European stars). But reigning US Open Chamipion Lucas Glover really took control of this tournament early as he was 15 under par at the halfway mark. But he faded on Sunday with only two under weekend. Sabbatini was the big threat. He fired a ten under 63 enroute to a runner-up finish, but it just wasn’t enough to catch the smooth swinging Ogilvy.
Kapalua has become a place notorious for multiple winners. Thru the mid-2000’s it was owned by Stuart Applby who won there 3 straight years. So it would be a good bet that Ogilvy may be able to cash in on the hat trick in 2011. As for the Masters, well, Geoff is a shoe in regardless with his World Golf Ranking. He will fall into the top 10-15 favorites to bring home the Green Jacket, so no need to congratulate him on getting into the field. But once again, he takes another early step toward a potential Fedex Cup with his forte, the Accenture World Match Play just a month away
No comments:
Post a Comment