Kevin Pallier
The article from The Advertiser (a News/Murdoch paper) is attached. I shall read the other link, but this one empahasises the rythmic nature of his swing and the anti-slogging nature of his swing. I don't see a reference to him being the best golfer in the world.
James B
edit - just checked the SMH link, and yes, definitely in Thomo's view, Ogilvy is the best player in the world (as the winner of a stroke-play and match-play title). Well, I hope Peter Thomson is ahead of his time, and is proven accurate in his view.
From The Advertiser, p92, 20 June 2006
What a swinger
20jun06
FIVE-TIMES British Open champion Peter Thomson believes new U.S. Open winner Geoff Ogilvy has the world's best golf swing.
And he described the 29-year-old's one-shot victory over American stars Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk and Scot Colin Montgomerie yesterday as "heroic".
Thomson said the key to Ogilvy's win at Winged Foot was his flawlessly repetitive swing which stood up to immense pressure as his great rivals faltered.
Thomson, Australia's most astute judge of golfing talent, watched Ogilvy carefully throughout the tournament and was impressed with the way he was able to sustain his metronomic swing.
"He's matured greatly in the last year and he's now just about the best swinger we've got in the whole game of golf," Thomson said.
"It was revealed on the last day of the U.S. Open.
"Of all the players there he was the only one with a rhythmic swing that didn't change.
"The nearer he got to winning, the smoother he got and it's proved again that rhythm swinging will always beat that slogging."