Brett James Ogle (born 14 July 1964) is an Australian

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Early life and amateur career

Ogle was born in

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. He was adopted at six weeks of age and was brought up in the town of

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. He took up the game in his early teens 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 breakthrough win was at 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 New South Wales Junior in 1984 and 1985. Later in 1985, he won the

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Professional career

In 1985, he turned pro. In 1986, Ogle had his breakthrough win on the South Pacific Tour by winning the Fijian Hotel Pro-am. He also won the Pacific Budget Rent a Car Open held at Pacific Harbour Golf Course. After a stint on the Asia Golf Circuit and

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, 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

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winning the Tasmanian Open. Later that year he finished third behind Rodger Davis and

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at the Bicentennial Classic. In 1989, Ogle broke through on the

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winning the Equity & Law Challenge, an unofficial event, and then in 1990 claimed the AGF Open, an official event, 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

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. He won his first PGA Tour title in just his fourth event of 1993, the

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. He won one other tournament on the tour, the

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in 1994. He was unable to maintain that form as he struggled with the

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, 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

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until retiring from the organization in 2016. Ogle is also the brand Ambassador for Australia's biggest golf retailer Drummond Golf. Ogle joined

following his retirement from playing becoming the host of The Golf Show and PGA Tour with Brett Ogle.

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour wins (2)

European Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (5)

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

Other wins (6)

*1985 Air Pacific Budget Open (Fiji) *1986 Tahiti Open, Fijian Hotel Pro-am *1989 Equity & Law Challenge *1992

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(individual) *1996 West Coast Classic (Canada)

Results in major championships

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

Results in The Players Championship

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

Team appearances

Amateur * Nomura Cup (representing Australia): 1985 (winners) * Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 1984, 1985 (winners) Professional *

(representing Australia):

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(individual winner),

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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