By Mark Lamport-Stokes
ATLANTA Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:07pm EDT
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Geoff Ogilvy will enter this specific week's Tour Championship using a good bounce within his move soon after reservation their place around the International group for any Presidents Cup with November.
The Australian may be interested in the event, kept every two years, because his primary preferences associated with the item being a spectator during Royal Melbourne throughout 1998 should the Internationals triumphed with a commanding nine points.
He explained he or she ended up being " blown away " because of the practical experience and had added in incentive to make the crew this coming year when using the competitors just as before becoming staged at Royal Melbourne, near wherever he grew up.
"It's very special," Ogilvy informed reporters with East Lake Golf Club on Wednesday whilst setting up for Thursday's best round.
"I acquired only flipped professional (in 1998) plus I was blown away considering the size connected with the excitement. I simply just experienced for no reason seen whatever like that with a tennis course.
"When you earliest go notice your team event, you can not fully grasp in which it is just incredible, this atmosphere. I speculate secretly I was expecting that it could come about in Australia again."
A seven-times success to the PGA Tour, Ogilvy created his Presidents Cup debut at Royal Montreal throughout 2007 plus played a couple of decades later at Harding Park within San Francisco.
BLOWN AWAY
"When I enjoyed it, I ended up being blown aside during just how big an offer it's . exactly how entertaining it's to spend per week when using the team," that 34-year-old said. "Until you happen to be on the inside in which environment, it can be hard to be able to describe.
"That's the key reason why it's special. Obviously the golf is great, using looking at an setting including that, but it can be the whole package is the reason why it is a wonderful thing to play."
The ninth Presidents Cup are going to be presented coming from November 17-20 at Royal Melbourne where Ogilvy includes attached to stories with scaling the actual perimeter fencing being a schoolboy to watch after specialized golf.
"A lot of instances I might have a ticket though the gate had been right across the different side with the actual property, therefore I would just simply jump this kennel area for getting in because that will ended up being that easiest," he / she beamed.
"I wouldn't look at school. Mom as well as daddy will visit to help work, along with I would certainly leap the fence simply because that's the speedy way. I assume my coaches don't really determine what was happening."
Ogilvy covered his spot around the 12-man Cup crew pertaining to November by finish finally along at the BMW Championship on Sunday at Cog Hill where needed place simply no rather more serious when compared with best 20.
That overall performance additionally qualified the pup to the top dogs field of 30 that week at East Lake from the fourth as well as last FedExCup playoff event on the PGA Tour season.
"Last 7 days seemed to be obviously okay for me," Ogilvy smiled. "Sometimes you can have months with world of golf when you will have to try and do anything or maybe you have to possess a very good finish and you normally don't carry out that, and so it really is nice to acquire one where by one does it."
Ogilvy is usually already signed for you to tee off with 12:05 p.m. (1605 GMT) throughout Thursday's cracking open circular while in the company with Fijian Vijay Singh.
(Editing by simply Frank Pingue; To query or maybe comment on the following adventure e-mail sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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