December 07, 2008

GEOFF Ogilvy has finally broken his home soil drought with a two shot win in the Australian PGA Championship at Coolum.

The 31 year-old Victorian fired a closing three-under 69 to beat Tasmanian Mathew Goggin, who carded a final round 72, by two shots.

Goggin’s chances took a dive with a wild hook shot into the water at the 15th hole where Ogilvy took the lead for the first time.

The win was worth $270,000 to Ogilvy, the 2006 US Open winner.

Queensland veteran Peter Senior, the chairman of the Australian PGA, finished in a three-way tie for third on 11 under along with West Australian Scott Strange and last week's Masters winner Rod Pampling.

APGA: Australian PGA Championship
Pos Name NAT Hole To Par 1 2 3 4 Total
1 Geoff Ogilvy AUS F -14 67 71 67 69 274
2 Mathew Goggin AUS F -12 67 68 69 72 276
T3 Peter Senior AUS F -11 70 67 71 69 277
T3 Rod Pampling AUS F -11 70 67 68 72 277
T3 Scott Strange AUS F -11 70 69 69 69 277
T6 Brett Rumford AUS F -10 69 72 68 68 277
T6 Chris Gaunt AUS F -10 71 68 68 71 278
T6 Wayne Perske AUS F -10 71 66 73 68 278
T6 Wade Ormsby AUS F -10 70 70 69 69 278
T6 John Senden AUS F -10 69 70 71 68 278