Ogilvy Wins US Open

2006-06-19 09:39:47 AFP

Geoff Ogilvy won the 2006 US Open as Phil Mickelson's bid for a third straight major golf title exploded on the back nine at Winged Foot.

Geoff Ogilvy of Australia holds the winner's trophy after winning the 106th U.S. Open Championship at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, June 18, 2006. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES)

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Ogilvy won a war of attrition to become just the second Australian, after David Graham in 1981, to win the US open crown.

He did it with a final round 72 for a five-over-par total of 285.

He was already in the clubhouse when Mickelson arrived at 18 leading the tournament by one.

The reigning US PGA and Masters champion took a double bogey to fall into a tie for second on 286 with Scotland's Colin Montgomerie and 2003 US Open champion Jim Furyk.

Mickelson finished with a 74, Montgomerie 71 and Furyk 70.

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