Brett Ogle

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Brett Ogle
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Personal information
Full nameBrett James Ogle
Born (1964-07-14) 14 July 1964 (age 60)
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Melbourne, Victoria
SpouseRicki (married 2006)
ChildrenChris, Rachel
Career
Turned professional1985
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins14
Highest ranking 44 (7 February 1993) [1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
European Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia5
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T50: 1993
PGA Championship CUT: 1994, 1995, 1996
U.S. Open T21: 1995
The Open Championship T11: 1995
Achievements and awards
Australasian
Rookie of the Yyear		1986

Brett James Ogle (born 14 July 1964) is an Australian professional golfer.

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Early life and amateur career

Ogle was born in Paddington, New South Wales. He was adopted at six weeks of age and was brought up in the town of Goulburn.

He took up the game in his early teens and reduced his golfing handicap from 32 to 1 in just two years. He was the Senior and Junior Club Champion at his home club in Goulburn, Tully Park. His first breakthrough win was at the Senior and Junior Club Champion of Champions event at the Federal Golf Club in 1980, a tournament that pitted all of the NSW Club Champions together. Ogle then won the New South Wales Junior in 1984 and 1985. Later in 1985, he won the New South Wales Amateur

Professional career

In 1985, he turned pro. In 1986, Ogle had his breakthrough win on the South Pacific Tour by winning the Fijian Hotel Pro-am. He also won the Pacific Budget Rent a Car Open held at Pacific Harbour Golf Course.

After a stint on the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour, Ogle headed to the European Qualifying tournament in Spain at the end of 1987 where he was successful in gaining a full-time playing card for that Tour. In 1988, Ogle won his first big event on the PGA Tour of Australasia winning the Tasmanian Open. Later that year he finished third behind Rodger Davis and Fred Couples at the Bicentennial Classic. In 1989, Ogle broke through on the European Tour winning the Equity & Law Challenge, an unofficial event, and then in 1990 claimed the AGF Open, an official event, in France. That year he had his best finish on the Order of Merit, 24th place. He also ended the 1989 and 1992 seasons inside the top 30.

At the end of 1992, Ogle tied for medalist honors at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. He won his first PGA Tour title in just his fourth event of 1993, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He won one other tournament on the tour, the Hawaiian Open in 1994. He was unable to maintain that form as he struggled with the yips, and lost his card at the end of the 1996 season.

Since retiring from Tournament golf in 2002, Ogle was lead analyst and commentator for Fox Sports until retiring from the organization in 2016. Ogle is also the brand Ambassador for Australia's biggest golf retailer Drummond Golf. [2]

Ogle joined Fox Sports following his retirement from playing becoming the host of The Golf Show and PGA Tour with Brett Ogle. [3]

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
17 Feb 1993 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am −12 (68-68-69-71=276)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Billy Ray Brown
216 Jan 1994 United Airlines Hawaiian Open −17 (66-66-69-68=269)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Davis Love III

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
11 Apr 1990 AGF Open −10 (72-66-70-70=278)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Paul Curry, Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Longmuir

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
116 Oct 1988 Tasmanian Open −4 (74-71-72-67=284)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Johns (a)
217 Dec 1989 Mirage Queensland Open −14 (66-68-71-73=278)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Clifford
325 Nov 1990 Australian PGA Championship [a] −11 (65-70-69-69=273)5 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodger Davis, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Grady
417 Nov 1991 West End South Australian Open −13 (71-70-69-69=279)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Harwood
515 Nov 1992 Eagle Blue Open (2)−12 (72-70-69-69=280)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Warren

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1988 Drinnan Motors Queensland Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Clifford, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Officer Officer won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (6)

Results in major championships

Tournament19891990199119921993199419951996
Masters Tournament T50CUT
U.S. Open T21T32
The Open Championship T52CUTT73T11T67
PGA Championship CUTCUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament1993199419951996
The Players Championship T61CUTCUTCUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 06 1993 Ending 7 Feb 1993" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Brett Ogle | Inside Golf. Australia's Most-Read Golf Magazine as named by Australian Golfers - FREE". 20 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "FOX Sports adds new Golf shows | TV Tonight". 2 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Australia's Brett Ogle". The Glasgow Herald . 27 September 1989. p. 28.
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