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With This Win... Geoff Ogilvy - World Golf Championships - Accenture Match Play
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With This Win... Geoff Ogilvy - World Golf Championships - Accenture Match Play

With this win Geoff Ogilvy secured his fourth European Tour International Schedule victory in his 79th European Tour event and moves to the top of The Race To Dubai with €1,543,168. Ogilvy wins the World Golf Championships – Accenture Match Play, for the second time following his victory in 2006.

  • Has played in the event only four times. His record reads: 2006 – winner, 2007 – second, 2008 – lost in first round, 2009 – winner
  • His record now reads: played 19, won 17, lost two since his debut in 2006

*Moved into second place behind Tiger Woods in the list of most wins in the WGC – Accenture Match Play, with two

*Joins Darren Clarke (2000) and Henrik Stenson (2007) as European Tour Members to win the WGC – Accenture Match Play

*His third WGC victory of his career. They are: 2006 WGC – Accenture Match Play, 2008 WGC – CA Championship and 2009 WGC – Accenture Match Play

*Moves to second in the all-time list of WGC wins, with three

*Has won three WGC events from just ten WGC appearances

*Currently holds the WGC – Accenture Match Play and WGC – CA Championship. Only the second player, following Tiger Woods to hold two or more WGC titles at the same time

*The sixth victory by a European Tour Member in a WGC event

*The fourth Australian victory in WGC events. Three from Geoff Ogilvy and Craig Parry (2002 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational)

*The 101st Australian victory in European Tour history

The second Australian victory on the 2009 European Tour International Schedule, following Rodney Pampling (Sportsbet Australian Masters)

Moves over €7 million in European Tour Official Career Earnings

*Gains his largest European Tour prize of €1,323,460

*Gains a place in the HSBC Champions in November 2009

*Gains a place in the 2009 World Golf Championships – Bridgestone Invitational

Moves to Number Four in the Official World Golf Ranking from eighth

Second European Tour top ten finish of the season and 18th of his European Tour career

*His second win of 2009, following the Mercedes-Benz Championship on the US PGA Tour

*His seventh win as a professional

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