Brett Ogle

Brett Ogle
Brett Ogle
Personal information
Full name	Brett James Ogle
Born	14 July 1964; Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st)
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria
Spouse	Ricki (married 2006)
Children	Chris, Rachel
Career
Turned professional	1985
Retired	2002
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour; European Tour; PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins	14
Highest ranking	44 (7 February 1993)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
European Tour	1
PGA Tour of Australasia	5
Other	6
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.

Ogle was born in Paddington, New South Wales, adopted at 6 weeks of age and was brought up in the town of Goulburn. He was a successful hockey player in his early years representing Southern Zone. He was also a State Champion sprinter at 200m and table tennis player, winning the NSW Schoolboys doubles title in 1978. He took up the game of golf not long after 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 big break through was 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 NSW Junior in 1984 and 1985 along with NSW Amateur in 1985 turning pro in December of that year.

In 1986 Ogle had his break through win on the South Pacific Tour winning the Fijian Hotel Pro Am event and also the Pacific Budget Rent a Car Open at the Robert Trent Jones course Pacific Harbour. After a stint on the Asian and Japan Tours, 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 Australasian Tour winning the Tasmanian Open. Later that year he finished third behind Rodger Davis and Fred Couples at the Bi Centennial Classic at that time it was Australia's biggest ever tournament with Davis defeating Couples in a playoff to claim the $500,000 first prize. In 1989 Ogle broke through on the European Tour winning the Equity & Law Challenge in 1989 and then in 1990 claimed the AGF Open 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.

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	7 Feb 1993	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	−12 (68-68-69-71=276)	3 strokes	Billy Ray Brown
2	16 Jan 1994	United Airlines Hawaiian Open	−17 (66-66-69-68=269)	1 stroke	Davis Love III

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	1 Apr 1990	AGF Open	−10 (72-66-70-70=278)	3 strokes	Paul Curry, Bill Longmuir

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	16 Oct 1988	Tasmanian Open	−4 (74-71-72-67=284)	1 stroke	Brett Johns (a)
2	17 Dec 1989	Mirage Queensland Open	−14 (66-68-71-73=278)	3 strokes	John Clifford
3	25 Nov 1990	Australian PGA Championship^[a]	−11 (65-70-69-69=273)	5 strokes	Rodger Davis, Wayne Grady
4	17 Nov 1991	West End South Australian Open	−13 (71-70-69-69=279)	2 strokes	Mike Harwood
5	15 Nov 1992	Eagle Blue Open (2)	−12 (72-70-69-69=280)	1 stroke	Craig Warren

^ incorporating the New South Wales PGA Championship.

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1988	Drinnan Motors Queensland Open	John Clifford, Brett Officer	Officer won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (6)

1985 Air Pacific Budget Open (Fiji)
1986 Tahiti Open, Fijian Hotel Pro-am
1989 Equity & Law Challenge^[2]
1992 World Cup (individual)
1996 West Coast Classic (Canada)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1993	1994	1995	1996
Masters Tournament				T50	CUT
U.S. Open						T21	T32
The Open Championship	T52	CUT	T73			T11	T67
PGA Championship				CUT	CUT	CUT

Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996
The Players Championship	T61	CUT	CUT	CUT

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Nomura Cup (representing Australia): 1985 (winners)

Professional

World Cup (representing Australia): 1992 (individual winner), 1995

References

^ "Week 06 1993 Ending 7 Feb 1993" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
^ "Australia's Brett Ogle". The Glasgow Herald. 27 September 1989. p. 28.

External links

Brett Ogle at the European Tour official site
Brett Ogle at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
Brett Ogle at the PGA Tour official site
Brett Ogle at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[2] rporating the New South Wales PGA Championship.

[w199306-1] "Week 06 1993 Ending 7 Feb 1993" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

[3] "Australia's Brett Ogle". The Glasgow Herald. 27 September 1989. p. 28.

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