Date: May 29, 2017
Author: US PGA Tour

Ogilvy ponders life without US Open

For the first time since his famous win at Winged Foot in 2006, Geoff Ogilvy is not exempt for the US Open – and he’s OK with it.

He might not even try to qualify.

That’s not to say the eight-time US PGA Tour winner doesn’t want to be in the field at Erin Hills – his passion for top-level play well and truly burns – rather he is thinking about his best plan of attack to make the FedExCup Playoffs.

“Being at qualifying – it’s going to be strange. There’s an outside chance I wouldn’t go … there's some reasonably compelling reasons to not try,” Ogilvy admits.

“Not because I don’t want to play in the U.S. Open or that I don’t want to win the U.S. Open.  It's just my priority at the moment has got to be moving up in the FedExCup, moving up in the world rankings … it's prioritising.”

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