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>>> BACK ON “GOLF TODAY” IN 2006 THE BIGGEST DAY OF GEOFF OGILVY’S CAREER . ♪ ♪ >> HIS FIRST MAJOR AND A TOUGH WIN. ♪ ♪ GEOFF WAS NAMED AS A CAPTAIN FOR THE PRESIDENTS CUP TEAM FOR NEXT YEAR’S COMPETITION AT MEDINAH. ♪ ♪ HE SERVED AS CAPTAIN’S ASSISTANT FOR THE FIRST TIME. ♪ ♪ >> A PRETTY INCREDIBLE RESUME, 7-6-1 AS A PLAYER. ♪ ♪ >> OF COURSE, THE 2010 AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPION. ♪ ♪ >> WE ARE JOINED NOW BY GEOFF OGILVY, THE CAPTAIN OF THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM. GEOFF, I AM CURIOUS IF YOU WATCHED THE RYDER CUP, JUST AS A LEARNING, AS TO WHAT THE AMERICAN TEAM DID, WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN’T, HOW THEY MIGHT PIVOT FROM WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE NEXT YEAR. DID YOU TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM IT? >> YET, I WATCHED AS A GOLF FAN, FIRST AND FOREMOST. I THINK IT IS A FANTASTIC EVENT YOU WATCH. TO IMPROVE THE GAME, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN UNTIL THE END. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE DAY. I WATCHED THE APPROACH THAT THE EUROPEAN TEAMMATE FOR THAT EVENT. I THINK IT IS PRETTY ADMIRABLE AND IMPRESSIVE SORT OF THE LENGTHS OF THE DETAILS AND SORT OF THAT APPROACH IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. FROM THE U.S. TEAM, THEY PLAYED VERY WELL, UM, IN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY. YEAH, I WATCHED BOTH TEAMS, BOTH CAPTAINS. GOING BACK AND WATCHING ALL PRESIDENT CUPS AND RYDER CUPS, AS WELL. I DON’T THINK THERE IS ANY PERFECT WAY TO DO THIS. I THINK EVERYBODY, EVERY TEAM DOES SOME GOOD THINGS AND MAYBE SOME THINGS THEY WISH THEY COULD DO AGAIN IN A DIFFERENT WAY SO I TRY TO LEARN AS A WHOLE FROM BOTH TEAMS AND BOTH CAPTAINS. >> HOW ABOUT SPECIFICALLY TAKING A TEAM ON THE ROAD. HE WAS DIALED IN AND HAD THE RIGHT FRAGRANCES FOR THE PLAYERS ON THEIR PILLOW, HAD THE TEAM ROOM AND SAUNAS, GOT TO NEW YORK EARLY. ARE THERE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT COULD HELP YOUR TEAM BE MORE BATTLE TESTED, SENDING DOCTORS AHEAD OF TIME, HIRING A CHEF, HOW GRANULAR CAN YOU GET? >> AS I SAID, LIKE YOU MENTIONED WITH LUKE THEM I THINK THEY WENT INTO SOME SORT OF DETAIL, NO STONE ON TOUR UNTURNED MORE THAN ANYONE IMAGINED WAS POSSIBLE. YOU’VE GOT 12 GUYS COMING FROM 12 DIFFERENT PLACES COMING IN, THEY ARE ALL USED TO TURNING IN WHEN THEY WANT, THEY’RE USED TO EATING WHEN THEY WANT, WAKE UP WHEN I WANT, I GO TO BED WHEN I WANT, TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE FOR A WEEK IS A CHALLENGE. THE LIKES THE EUROPEAN TEAM AND LUKE WENT TO OUR AMAZING. CERTAINLY, THERE ARE SOME LEARNINGS THERE, THE PLAYING WAS HISTORIC OVER THESE CUPS, BUT NOT PLAYING FOR FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS, WHICH CAN HAPPEN WITH THE SCHEDULE OF THESE TOURNAMENTS, IT IS PROBABLY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR YOUR TEAM TO PLAY IN TOURNAMENTS BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT. OBVIOUSLY, CAN WE GET THEM ALL PLAYING TOGETHER AND STAYING TOGETHER AND CAN WE SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS WE CAN TOGETHER BEFORE THE WEEK? THAT IS USUALLY GOOD FOR THE TOURNAMENT. WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IS POSSIBLE TO DO, CAN WE GET TO CHICAGO EARLY? CAN WE ALL PLAY A GOLF TOURNAMENT A COUPLE WEEKS TO GO BEFORE AS A TEAM? THERE IS A LOT TO LEARN FROM THEIR APPROACH, HOW THEY, AS YOU SAID, GOING INTO PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENT IN THE WORLD, THEY ARE AN AMAZINGLY TALENTED TEAM AND THE LENGTHS THEY WENT TO MAKE THEIR PLAYERS HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE AND HAVE NO OBSTACLES IN THEIR WAY, IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM THERE. I DON’T KNOW IF WE CAN GET A QUITE THOSE LINKS, BUT WE WILL TRY. WE MET THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES IN THIS ROLE FOR YOU, GEOFF. IN AUSTRALIA YOU DON’T PLAY AS MUCH COMPETITIVE GOLF AS YOU USED TO . IS THAT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO CHANGE? IN THE NEXT YEAR, WE SPEND MORE TIME AROUND THESE GUYS ON THE PGA TOUR OR GET INSIDE THE ROPES WITH THEM MORE OFTEN? >> A BIT OF BOTH, I THINK. I THINK I WILL SPEND PRETTY MUCH THE NEXT 12 MONTHS IN THE U.S. I THINK, IF YOU HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THESE EVENTS, THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. YOU CAN’T JUST SORT OF ALL GO INTO THE SAME ROOM MONDAY MORNING AND BE A TEAM BY FRIDAY MORNING. IT IS A CONSTANT THING NOW. THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM IS REALLY A GROUP OF GUYS THAT ARE ALWAYS THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM NOW, FOR TWO YEAR PERIOD, NOT JUST WHEN THEY TURN UP FOR THE TOURNAMENT. PART OF THAT IS GETTING THEM TOGETHER MUCH MORE OFTEN. I WILL CERTAINLY BE LOOKING TO DO THAT. WHEN I DON’T, I WILL CERTAINLY BE HEADING OUT A LOT MORE, JUST GETTING AROUND THE GUYS I OBVIOUSLY KNOW SOME OF THE OLDER GUYS ON THE TEAM, SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS ON THE TEAM I HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF GOLF WITH. SOME OF THE YOUNGER GUYS I DON’T HAVE MUCH OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH. IT IS UP TO ME OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS TO CREATE THAT, GET THE GUYS TOGETHER AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND FORM THOSE SORTS OF BONDS YOU CAN ONLY DO BY SPENDING PERIODS OF TIMES TOGETHER. SO, YEAH, I WILL CERTAINLY BE IN THE U.S. FOR THE MAJORITY OF NEXT YEAR, I IMAGINE. >>> IN MY TIME COVERING THE PRESIDENT,, THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD OR CLOSE TO HIM, TALKING ABOUT VJ, JASON DAY, ADAM SCOTT, RIGHT NOW, YOU DON’T HAVE A PLAYER INSIDE THE TOP 15. YOU HAVE TWO INSIDE THE TOP 30. MEANWHILE, THE AMERICANS HAVE 16 PLAYERS INSIDE THE TOP 30. IS THAT NOT A CONCERN ONE YEAR OUT OR IS THAT A TROUBLE SPOT WHEN YOU’RE OUT? >> UM, I ACTUALLY THINK, I MEAN, IT IS THE TYPICAL NATURE OF GOLF CAREERS. NO ONE IS REALLY AT THEIR BEST ALL THE TIME. THERE ARE A FEW OUTLIERS BUT, FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE GO UP AND DOWN WITH THEIR CAREER. WE ARE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL. WE HAD TO PLAY RIGHT NOW, I DON’T THINK IT WOULD BE IDEAL FOR MY TEAM. THEY ARE VERY MOTIVATED FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEY HAVE A WAY OF BRINGING GOOD GALLBLADDER PLAYERS. LIKE YOU SAID, COREY CONNERS, ADAM J — ADAM SCOTT IN JASON DAY, FORM IS VERY IMPORTANT AND HOPEFULLY, WE CERTAINLY, WE DON’T WANT TO BE PEAKING NOW A YEAR OUT FROM THE TOURNAMENT SO WE WILL HAVE A GOOD 12 MONTHS TO PLAY REALLY WELL. THERE’S A LOT OF GOLF TOURNAMENTS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, B TOURNAMENTS, LETTER MAJORS. I AM NOT, THERE IS NO PANIC HERE, RIGHT NOW, THERE LOOKS LIKE A BIT OF SEPARATION BUT HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME WE GET TO NEXT YEAR, THE RANKINGS WILL LOOK A LITTLE MORE BALANCED. >> WHAT IS THE BENEFICIAL TO THE PRESIDENTS CUP AT THE PGA TOUR DID NOT OWN BOTH SIDES OF IT, IF THERE WAS A COMPETITIVE INTEREST ON THE OTHER SIDE, HAVING YOU MAKE DECISIONS AND DECIDING UPON RESOURCES FOR YOUR TEAM RATHER THAN THE ENTIRE EVENT OPERATING UNDER ONE FRAMEWORK? IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE THE RYDER CUP IN THAT SENSE? >> I THINK THAT IS AN INTERESTING THING TO LOOK AT, FOR SURE. CLEARLY, THOUGH ONE ORGANIZATION SORT OF MANAGING OR RUNNING BOTH TEAMS, UM, CREATES CONFLICTS, NOT CONFLICTS, BUT LESS SEPARATION, I GUESS, IN SORT OF BRINGING OUT THE TAILOR OF THE TEAM TO US AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME FOR BRANDT SNEDEKER ON THE U.S. SIDE. THAT IS A BIG THING TO LOOK FORWARD TO , THE PGA TOUR IS VERY MOTIVATED TO MAKE THE EVENT AS GOOD AS THEY CAN. IT’S A FANTASTIC EVENT. EVERYONE THAT IS INVOLVED ON THE GROUND, I THINK THE PRESIDENTS CUP HAS AN APPRECIATION SO THAT IS MAYBE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS AT DOWN THE ROAD, MAY BE MORE INDEPENDENT SO WE CAN DRIVE IT IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO, HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL. BUT THAT IS NOT REALLY WHERE IT IS AT AT THE MOMENT. WE HAVE QUITE A LOT OF SAY IN THE FLAVOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM AND HOW WE APPROACH IT AND SOME OF THE STUFF WE CAN DO. BRANDT HAS HIS WAY OF APPROACHING IT, TO STRUCTURE IT WOULD BE, WE HAVE THINGS NOT QUITE THE SAME AS THE PGA OF AMERICA STRUCTURE BUT SOMETHING CERTAINLY TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, FOR SURE. >> HOW ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE ITSELF, GEOFF? YOUR DESIGN TEAM DID A TWO YEAR PROJECT, PART RESTORATION, PART REDESIGN, NO LONGER THIS NARROW, RESTRICTED, WOODED GOLF COURSE. IT’S MORE BROAD, OPEN AND DYNAMIC. COULD THAT, BOTH YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOLF COURSE AND THE WORK YOU DID, BUT ALSO THE RESULTS OF THAT WORK ON THE GOLF COURSE? >> I DON’T KNOW. I HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION A FEW TIMES. I THINK, CERTAINLY RIGHT NOW, OUR TEAM WOULD HAVE THE ADVANTAGE BECAUSE I KNOW THE COURSE PRETTY WELL, INTIMATELY, REALLY, I GUESS. BEING PART OF THE DESIGN, YOU GET TO KNOW EVERY HOLE PRETTY WELL. WE HAVE DESIGNED INTENT ON WHAT WE THINK IS GOOD TO BE THE BEST PLAY AROUND THE GOLF COURSE. THE SPOT YOU WANT TO AVOID AND THE SHOTS YOU WANT TO TRY TO HIT . I THINK BY THE TIME WE GET TO THURSDAY, THE PRESIDENTS CUP IS DESIGNED IN A WAY WITH THE ANALYTICS RIGHT NOW, HOW GOOD THE CADDIES ARE, BRANDT WILL HAVE A LOT OF CHANCES TO LOOK AT THE COURSE AND STUDY THE PLACE. I THINK BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE FIRST DAY THE TOURNAMENT, I THINK ANY ADVANTAGE WE WOULD HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE NULLIFIED. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN GOLF COURSES QUICKLY. IT’S NOT AT THIS POINT I CAN KIND OF SHARE A LOT OF THE STUFF WE WENT THROUGH AND SHOW THEM TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE GOLF COURSE. IT WILL HELP WITH THAT FEELING OF OWNERSHIP, AND I THINK IT WILL BE NICE FOR THEM TO PLAY ON A GOLF COURSE LIKE THAT. AS FAR AS A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE, I THINK THAT WILL BE NULLIFIED BY THE TIME WE GET TO THURSDAY. >> AT A MINIMUM, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME MEDINAH MEMBERS ROCKING THAT BEAUTIFUL