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World No. 1 Jordan Spieth brilliantly kept alive a successful defence of his title with a penultimate hole eagle on day three of the Australian Open in Sydney. Spieth is seeking to join legendary Jack Nicklaus and fellow Grand Slam champion Gary Player as the only non-Australian born players to win back-to-back Australian Open titles and in the 100th staging of the event. And the 22-year Texas kept that dream alive holing a 165 metre 8-iron second shot at the 399-metre par four 17th hole in an eventual ...

Victorian golfer Anthony Brown has had six aces in his career including the latest during the second round of the Australian Open at The Australian Club in Sydney. The 33-year old Brown from the south-east Melbourne suburb of Berwick chose a 5-iron at the par three second hole and watched as his 195-yard tee shot rolled into the bottom of the cup for the first ace in this year’s premier Australian event. “We were out in the second group and there must have been 50 people around the green ...

Plenty of shut eye and a putting method he’s adopted from a USA Ryder Cup team rival has Darren Clarke bubbling with enthusiasm at the Australian Open in Sydney. Clarke fought back impressively from a disappointing opening score of 75 with a display that was eight shots fewer and only be trailing just seven shots from the lead and with two rounds to play on the superb Australian Club course on the edge of the Sydney CBD. Australia’s Matt Jones, winner of last year’s Shell Houston Open, heads ...

Nicolas Colsaerts is primed to end a very first Australian Open appearance by lifting the famed Stonehaven trophy. Colsaerts bounced back from a disappointing opening round 73 with a five under par 66 and celebrate recoding the lowest round on day two in the 100th staging of the tournament. The very affable Callaway star heads into day three trailing only four strokes behind Arizona-based Australian Matt Jones winner of last year’s Shell Houston Open. Colsaerts is no stranger to competing both ...

World No. 1 and defending champion Jordan Spieth has set himself the target of completing the final two rounds ­in 10-under par if he’s to retain the Australian Open title. Spieth displayed all the class of a double Major winner battling his way through a ‘frustrating’ day to record a three under par 68 moving to three under par and within four shots of the lead. Sydney-born Matt Jones, winner of the 2014 Shell Houston Open, took full advantage of his Australian Club course knowledge also ...

Memories of watching Greg Norman and Tiger Woods compete on his home course inspired Matt Jones to a two shot lead early on the second day of the Australian Open in Sydney. The 35-year old Jones added a three under par 68 to his opening 67 to grab the clubhouse lead at seven under par in calmer and cooler conditions compared to Thursday’s extremely hot and windy weather. Jones grew-up some 20-minute drive from The Australian Club where was first a member as a 15-year old, and while he’s not played ...

World No.1 Jordan Speith believes the appointment of Tiger Woods as a vice-captain will be a huge ‘intimidation’ advantage for the USA Ryder Cup team. The double Major winning Speith also expects Woods to qualify automatically for Hazeltine despite the uncertainty of Woods return to normal competition from a second back operation. “The fact Davis (Love 111) has appointed Tiger as a vice-captains means Tiger is going to bring a huge intimidation factor to the USA team next September,” said ...