Chip on 13th hole proves crucial moment for Ogilvy

By Simon Evans

MIAMI (Reuters) - A chip shot on the 13th which hit the flagpole and ran into the hole to save par proved the crucial moment for Geoff Ogilvy on Monday on his way to victory in the weather-delayed WGC-CA Championship.

The 30-year-old Australian bogeyed just once all week and, faced with a late challenge from world number one Tiger Woods and Fijian Vijay Singh, he kept his cool to win by two strokes.

On Monday Ogilvy made a hash of a pitch shot at the 13th, leaving himself still off the green 30 yards from the pin. With a bogey looking likely, his luck held when a quick-running shot hit the flagpole and went in.

"The first chip was horrible. The second one wasn't great. It came out a bit hot, but it was very lucky to go in. It was probably not that lucky to hit the flag, but it was very lucky to go in," Ogilvy told a news conference.

"You quite often see guys hit chips like that that slam into the pin and stop a foot away or something. That's quite a common occurrence, but for it to go in is pretty fortunate.

"That's the one that stands out. The rest of it was kind of boring, two-putting from 30 feet. But that one was anything but boring."

After sharing the lead with Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez on the opening day, Ogilvy ended each round on top of the leaderboard and he held firm to end Woods's winning streak of seven tournament wins worldwide.

"Leading all week is nice. I've never even approached that. I really felt good about my game Thursday. Friday was pretty good, Saturday was okay. And by this morning I felt like I was hanging on a little bit. But maybe that's just what it feels like sometimes on the last nine holes of a golf tournament," he said.