While most Americans were tuning into the NFL playoffs, this weekend marked the kickoff of the 2009 PGA tour at the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Hawaii for the Mercedes-Benz Championship. The thirty three man field composed of last years winners is filled with today's who's who except for the world's number one, Tiger Woods. Woods, still recovering from knee surgery, appears to still be uncertain about when his return will be. It is speculated that his return will be sometime before the first major at Augusta.
But this week it was all about the Australian, Geoff Ogilvy, who 67, 68, 65, 68 to finish at -24 and leaving the second place finishers, Anthony Kim and Davis Love III, six shots behind at eighteen under.
Ogilvy made it look pretty easy all weekend, and besides a few hiccups on the front nine yesterday, he nearly played flawless golf.
He went into yesterdays final round with a six stroke lead, which he admitted would be a new experience. After a few poor shots, his lead was cut to one after eight holes. But then the young Aussie made an eagle on the ninth and never looked back.
This is now Geoff's fifth PGA tour victory, which of course includes a U.S. Open championship. Geoff also won a couple tournaments in his homeland at the end of last season, so this young man is hot right now and should be a factor in the upcoming majors. He is 31 years old, so statically speaking he is entering the prime of his career.
Also not in the field besides Tiger were Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington and Bret "the hitman" Hart...
-The Diesel
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