Should the Pink Poulter be given some credit for Ogilvy's win? From the NYT's.
OGILVY LOST IN SIDESHOW Geoff Ogilvy had to win the United States Open to get any attention. He was paired in the final round with Ian Poulter, who showed up Sunday looking like a stick of Bazooka Bubble Gum. Poulter's pink shirt, pink pants and Pepto Bismol-pink golf bag elicited more reaction from the gallery on the front nine than Ogilvy's red numbers.
When Poulter and the 29-year-old Ogilvy arrived at the par-4 eighth green, a fan yelled to Poulter, "Does your husband play?" Poulter produced a quick retort that sent a wave of laughter through the greenside bunker. There was not so much as a shout-out for Ogilvy, who at that point was two-under-par for the day and the leader at one-over-par for the tournament.
It was like that on every hole, with The Pink Poulter being greeted by wolf whistles, smooching sounds and a version of "The Pink Panther" theme song. The crowd quips ran the gamut from the silly ("Poulter, nice pants. It's Father's Day, not Mother's Day." And, "Where's your purse?") to the supportive ("Go Ian: real men wear pink!"). Poulter's get-up was so colorful, nobody seemed to notice that Ogilvy was making a charge.
"It was almost like he was a little sideshow to Poulter," said Gus Seebeck, the general manager of the Australasian PGA Tour who followed the Ogilvy-Poulter group. "Even after those two birdies, I didn't think he was getting necessarily any more attention from the crowds."