Ogilvy looking for Aussie double

Geoff Ogilvy boasts a major title, seven US PGA Tour wins and is coming off a
victory in last week's Australian Open, but he still doesn't know how to read his
own form.
As commentators and experts debate how high he can climb golf's mountain, the man
himself admits there's times when he struggles to know how he's playing or how to
prepare for big tournaments.
Ogilvy didn't feel he was playing that well when he tamed Tiger Woods and the
world's best in his 2006 US Open triumph in brutal conditions at Winged Foot.
"I don't think there are any set rules for me, I just have to read how my game is at
the time," said Ogilvy, hoping to add this week's Australian PGA to his runaway win
in last weekend's Australian Open.
"I didn't think I was playing that well at Winged Foot but while everyone was coming
off the course finding it very hard, I wasn't finding it as hard as them.
"US Opens are hard to measure how you are playing because you are not used to having
two over and playing quite well yet coming off thinking 'that can't be good'.
"Then everyone else is coming off the course saying it's the hardest course they've
ever played and shooting 80."
Ogilvy's honesty and openness makes him a popular player with his peers and the
media, who have watched his transformation from a frustrated young player to world
class performer.
If Ogilvy can back up last weekend's Open win with a second PGA Championship at
Coolum, it would add further weight to claims the 33-year-old will one day be
mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Peter Thomson, David Graham and Greg
Norman.
Adam Scott (21) and Robert Allenby (22) - both playing here this week - are ranked
above Ogilvy, who improved 12 spots to No.31 after his Open win.
Yet invariably he is the player most expect to win when the majors roll around,
although the weight of expectation doesn't worry the Victorian.
"It's nice to think people think you're a good player," said a relaxed Ogilvy, whose
Australian Open title followed his US PGA Tour win in Hawaii at the start of the
year.
"I guess it's a good thing really. I put pressure on myself but it's good that
people think I'm a chance to win a golf tournament so obviously I am doing something
right.
"I don't feel any expectation, except for the expectation I put on myself, not
anybody else's."
Eleven players from Australian and New Zealand were on their way back from the
gruelling US Qualifying school to tee up in the PGA on Thursday.
Victorian Jarrod Lyle was the only Australian to get his full card to play on the
world's most lucrative tour in 2011, finishing fifth behind veteran American Billy
Mayfair at Orange County National on Monday.