Climate change catches Ogilvy out
Golf’s newest major champion thought he was being smart practising for this week’s British Open in the cold and wind of Australia.
Then Geoff Ogilvy arrived at Hoylake to find it “like Bermuda or Tenerife”.
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Then Geoff Ogilvy arrived at Hoylake to find it “like Bermuda or Tenerife”.
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