Ogilvy Looks To OneAsia For Second Win

Sunshine Coast, December 7, 2010 - Australia's Geoff Ogilvy has set his sights on yet another OneAsia victory in Coolum this week. Freshly-minted from his Australian Open win, the Australasian and PGA Tour champion tees up at the Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola at the Hyatt Regency Coolum from 9 to 12 December.

Following his maiden National Open victory, Ogilvy has leapt up the world-rankings to 31 just above Asian professionals Kim Kyung-tae (32), Ryo Ishikawa (36) and Y.E. Yang (43). He has had much interest watching Asian talent on the rise and looks to OneAsia as the future of his already thriving career.

"Asia is the region where golf is growing the fastest, where it's probably the most scoped to get big and where the interest is," he said. "I think OneAsia is doing great and it is exciting that Australia is involved in what is pretty much a very exciting area in golf at the moment."

Based in Del Mar, California, the 33-year-old Melbournite has battled a hectic schedule which have foiled his intentions on playing on the OneAsia circuit this year.

"There were a couple of times when I nearly made it down, but I could never seem to book a flight back out on the Sunday evening after the tournament which would get me back in time.

"I would love to play more in Asia in the future. It makes more sense for an Australian to play in the Asian region than the United States. This year was especially hard as I'd overplayed the last couple of years.

"I've also had three kids in four years so home life has been busy. But as my schedule balances out, I definitely see myself gravitating back towards OneAsia so I can play closer to home."

Having spent some time with dual OneAsia 2010 winner Liang Wenchong on the first two rounds of the Australian Open, Ogilvy expressed his admiration China's best player's sheer grit on the course.

"Liang is a great player - He's very canny and knows how to put a score together," he said. "Only a good head on his shoulders can have a guy play kind of rough on the first day and still end up having a good tournament. He's obviously a wise golfer and really knows his game well.

"There's definitely a feeling amongst everyone that the top 50 players in the world will be full of Asian players soon."

Ogilvy joins defending champion Robert Allenby and American John Daly who have previously announced that they will contest the Australian PGA Championship.

The Australian PGA Championship will be the final tournament on both the PGA Tour of Australasia and OneAsia, with players competing for a total prize pool of AUD$1,500,000.

The tournament will be showcased on OneAsia's television platform with live coverage for four hours a day across all four tournament days, and broadcast to over 260 million homes in more than 40 countries.

Full coverage of the event will be available domestically on Network Ten, as well as internationally on ESPN Star Sports, Jupiter Golf Network, SBS Golf Channel, Fox International, Sky Sports NZ, ESPN3 & America One in the USA, ViaSat & Bloomberg Television among others in Europe.