Geoff Ogilvy News Archives

Tough times: Ian Baker-Finch says Scott needs to stay positive through the slump.

Martin Kaymer's narrow failure to make a birdie putt on the final green of the Castello Masters in Spain proved costly on two fronts.

IT'S right on two weeks today that Melbourne will be in golf mode as it hasn't been in years with the arrival on our shores of Tiger Woods for the Australian Masters at Kingston Heath from Thursday, November 12.

SINGAPORE: Phil Mickelson warns he is in top form heading into the Barclays Singapore Open this week, where he faces a quality field led by Padraig Harrington and Geoff Ogilvy.

Aaron Baddeley during the first round of the Frys.com Open at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, last week.

Tournament organisers aren't expecting a flood of European players to join Tiger Woods at next month's Australian Masters despite the event's tour co-sanctioning. It was announced on Friday the tournament, to be played at Melbourne's Kingston Heath course from November 12-15, had retained its European and Australasian PGA tour co-sanctioned status ...

Anyone who tuned in to the Presidents Cup last weekend noticed two things right away: meaningful golf with the top players in the world still playing the second weekend in October and the United States' team playing uncharacteristically well.

Cleaning out the Presidents Cup notebook while shaking off frost from the San Francisco icebox.

From exclusive 'Sports Active' content to Australia's first ever live webstream of a championship hole, Fox Sports has the advantage in 2009 Australian Masters' Golf coverage.

Published: Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 10:50 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 10:50 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO Tiger Woods provided a fitting conclusion Sunday to a perfect week at the Presidents Cup, for him and an American team that remains perfect at home.

Tiger Woods sure could use a break from golf. He played eight times in the last 11 weeks, his busiest stretch in nine years, and achieved more than some players do in a career.

Presidents Cup Dates: 6-11 Oct Venue: Harding Park Golf Course, San Francisco Coverage: Reports on BBC Radio 5 live and on the website.

Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker were perfect as Presidents Cup partners, and they got enough help from everyone else yesterday to put the Americans in position to stay perfect on home soil.

Each side won three of Friday's four-ball matches and the United States leads 6 1/2 - 5 1/2 over the International side after two days of the Presidents Cup.

Camilo Villegas works on getting the line right on the 13th green. Photo: Getty Images San Francisco October 11, 2009 THE International team fought back to remain only one point behind the Americans after the second day at the Presidents Cup at Harding Park here on Friday.

THE pressure will be on Australian Geoff Ogilvy when the Presidents Cup gets rolling tonight.

While the Presidents Cup course at Harding Park is distinctly San Francisco, there are pockets of international flair at every turn.

One putt changed everything except the lead Thursday in the Presidents Cup. The Americans were poised to seize control in the opening session of foursomes at Harding Park, already assured of the lead and on the verge of winning the final match for a two-point advantage.

Presidents Cup USA Team members pose for a group photo during the first practice day of the 2009 Presidents Cup at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, California, yesterday.

Geoff Ogilvy recalls playing in the Taiheiyo Masters in Japan when he noticed a swarm of photographers and fans descending over a hill, scrambling for the best view.

Predictably, Greg Norman wasn't about to turn his first public appearance since splitting with wife Chris Evert into an Oprah Winfrey-style gut-spilling session.

America's dominance of the Presidents Cup has robbed the match-play showdown of Ryder Cup-like drama, but the International team hopes to remedy that this week.

The terms can get awfully confusing when watching a format that is so vastly different from anything else you see when you turn on your television to watch golf.

Foxsports.com.au is taking golf viewing to a new level for Australian fans, with our innovative new feature: live streaming of the 15th hole at this year's Australian Masters at Kingston Heath.

If it is indeed the "in" thing to bash everything about golf, a game for the privileged that has no place during difficult economic times, then count me "out." Specifically, I refer to the upcoming Presidents Cup, roundly panned as a Ryder Cup knockoff created by the PGA Tour to make money.

Facts and figures for the eighth Presidents Cup matches: Teams: United States against an International team of players from everywhere but Europe.