Ogilvy triumphs Down Under

Ogilvy: Special win

Leaderboard:
-14 G Ogilvy
-12 M Goggin
-11 P Senior
-11 S Strange
-11 R Pampling

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Geoff Ogilvy clinched his first ever tour win in Australia with a two-stroke victory in the Australian PGA championship.

Collated scores

After four international wins including the US Open two years ago, Ogilvy has been made to wait for his first success on home soil.

He ended his drought with a three-under-par 69 to finish with a 14-under-par total of 274.

Mathew Goggin, who had led after the third round, ended up in second two shots back having faded with three bogeys in seven holes.

Australians Peter Senior, Scott Strange and Rod Pampling finished tied for third at 11-under 277 - a further shot adrift of the new champion.

Master Pampling

Senior and Strange both carded 69's on the final round and Pampling, who won last week's Australian Masters, finished with a 72.

Ogilvy, 31, has also won two World Golf Championship events - the 2006 match play and this year's CA Championship.

And the Victorian, who turned professional in 1999, expressed his delight at finally breaking his duck in his own country.

"There is an element where you'd think it would be easier because it is not a US tour field - it's a great field but there's no Mickelson, Garcia and Woods and all that," Ogilvy said.

"You'd say world ranking-wise it might be bit easier but it's not. We only get two or three chances a year, versus 20-something chances a year in the US.

"And when we come back maybe we try too hard. It's nice that I've done it, and I'd like to get a few more."

Cushion

Ogilvy's win was helped by a mid-round collapse by Goggin, whose hopes of a first title in nearly 10 years collapsed when he dropped shots at the ninth and 10th.

Goggin then pulled his second shot on the par-five 15th into the water and made bogey, surrendering the lead before Ogilvy birdied the 16th to give himself a two-shot cushion which he never looked like relinquishing.

"It was a great opportunity and I just threw it away," said Goggin. "Not just here... I feel like I've been through the whole gamut now, had a lead, had guys do things to me.

"I've experienced everything except winning again, and hopefully that's the next thing."