US Open champion Ogilvy to play Australian PGA

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy will
play in the Australian PGA Championship in December, the PGA of
Australia confirmed on Wednesday.

The 29-year-old world number eight, who claimed his first
major title at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York in June, has
added the December 7-11 event at the Hyatt Regency Coolum
course on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast to his schedule.

“One thing that hasn’t changed since I won the U.S. Open is
my desire to support Australian golf and to have a win on home
soil,” Ogilvy said in a statement.

Ogilvy, who has never won in Australia and is currently
preparing for the 88th PGA Championship at Medinah, Illinois,
is already committed to playing the Australian Open at Royal
Sydney from November 16-19.

Robert Allenby, the world number 38 and defending
Australian PGA champion, is the only other Australian based on
the U.S. Tour to commit himself to the Sunshine Coast event.