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Ogilvy wins Kapalua by 6 shots
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 13 - 01 - 2009

Australian Geoff Ogilvy recovered from a shaky start to complete a commanding wire-to-wire victory by six shots at the PGA Tour's season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship on Sunday.
Six ahead of the field overnight at the Kapalua Resort, Ogilvy had his lead briefly cut to one after he bogeyed four of the first eight holes before pulling away from the chasing pack.
He rolled in a 20-foot eagle putt at the par-five ninth to give himself much-needed breathing space and birdied five of the next six holes en route to a five-under-par 68.
Ogilvy clinched his fifth PGA Tour title with a 24-under total of 268, finishing well ahead of Americans Davis Love III (67) and Anthony Kim, who eagled the last for a matching 67.
American Sean O'Hair fired a flawless 65, the lowest score of the day, to secure fourth place at 17 under.
Ogilvy, the 2006 US Open champion who is known for being a steady front-runner, got off to a nightmare start on a breezy day at Kapalua with bogeys on the first two holes.
He pushed his drive well right and failed to reach the green in regulation at the par-four first before finding the right bunker off the tee at the par-three second and missing a five-footer.
Although Ogilvy recovered with birdies at the fifth and the 398-yard sixth, where he almost drove the green, he dropped another shot at the seventh after under-hitting his approach.
Love briefly got to within three of the lead when he chipped in from 65 feet to eagle the par-four sixth but Kim made the biggest move among Ogilvy's challengers with a flawless start.
The Korean-American birdied the third, fourth, eighth and ninth to reach the turn in four-under 32, just two behind the pacesetting Australian.
Ogilvy, who had produced only one bogey in the first 54 holes this week, dropped another shot at the par-three eighth after being bunkered off the tee.
However, he reached the green in two at the 521-yard ninth before sinking the eagle putt to take a three-stroke lead into the back nine.
With his confidence restored, Ogilvy rammed in a 20-footer to birdie the 10th and picked up further shots at the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th to put the title beyond doubt.


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