Golf can be so vanilla that colorful story lines often get significant attention: Tiger’s fall from grace, John Daly being himself for the better part of 25 years, and lately, the character that is Robert Allenby, who witnesses claim wanted to fight fellow Aussie Geoff Ogilvy at the Australian PGA Championship after party on Sunday.
Allenby was most recently known as the guy who went 0-4 at the Presidents Cup as one of two captain’s picks by Greg Norman, tying the worst record in the event’s history (not to be confused with Stuart Appleby, another Australian golfer, who by all accounts is a good guy). Allenby took a shellacking in the press for his performance. He then blamed his playing partners — one being Geoff Ogilvy — saying “it’s sometimes not all just you, it can be other people hitting you in the ****.”
Geoff Ogilvy passively responded via Twitter during the PGA Championship after Allenby fired 69 and 68 during the first two ro...
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The Presidents Cup ended on a sour note for the International team when it lost at Royal Melbourne.
It deteriorated a week later when Robert Allenby and Geoff Ogilvy, both Melbourne natives who were partners in a foursomes loss, exchanged heated words in the hotel restaurant.
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An Australian tiff between Robert Allenby and Geoff Ogilvy
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An Australian tiff between Allenby and Ogilvy (AP)
The Presidents Cup ended on a sour note for the International team when it lost at Royal Melbourne. It deteriorated a week later when Robert Allenby and Geoff Ogilvy, both Melbourne natives who were partners in a foursomes loss, exchanged heated words in the hotel restaurant. Allenby spent a week answering questions about his 0-4 record as a captain's pick, in which he explained that his...
An Australian tiff between Allenby and Ogilvy
The Presidents Cup ended on a sour note for the International team when it lost at Royal Melbourne. It deteriorated a week later when Robert Allenby and Geoff Ogilvy, both Melbourne natives who were partners in a foursomes loss, exchanged heated words in the hotel restaurant.
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