Jeff Ogilvy
Jeff Ogilvy sure likes that golf course at Kapalua. This time he let his competitors get ahead of him, then made a dashing comeback to take the tourney by one stroke over Rory Sabbatini. He was a picture of confidence as he made up a two-shot deficit over his final 10 holes with good decisions and perfect golf for a 6-under 67.
This year he had to do it alone, as his wife stayed at home, in the final month of pregnancy with their third child.
Ogilvy posted his eighth consecutive round in the 60s at Kapalua. “I like the golf course, I think it’s fair to say,” Ogilvy said.
With so much talk about the V-shaped grooves required this year, Ogilvy said that helped him on the 14th, where it’s easy to spin the ball off the front of the green and back into the fairway. “I was happy with the smart play, and it paid off,” he said.
Sabbatini, who started the final round six shots behind, ran off five straight birdies on the back nine to seize the lead. He couldn’t reach the green on the 663-yard 18th in two, however, and missed a 10-foot birdie putt that ultimately cost him.
“I said to my caddie, ‘We need to birdie the last two holes to have a chance,”‘ Sabbatini said. “The situation was you had to keep moving forward to put pressure on him. I had my opportunity, and unfortunately, it didn’t pan out.”
Ogilvy finished at 22-under 270 and moved back into the top 10 in the world with his seventh career PGA Tour victory.
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