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While Adam Scott became the first Australian in 73-years to be fitted with an Augusta National green jacket, your author can now proudly boast to be the first Australian-born print journalist to be present to report on a ‘Down Under’ golfing Grand Slam. I was in attendance in 1993 at Royal St. George’s to walk all 18 holes of the final round as Greg Norman captured a second Open Championship. Norman came from one shot behind arch rival Nick Faldo and defeat the Brit by two with ...

Australia’s Adam Scott has singled out boyhood hero and also Augusta near-hero, Greg Norman for special praise quickly after ending a 73-year winless drought to become the first Australian to win the Masters. Norman finished runner-up three times, the first occasion in 1981 and then to a unbelieveale Larry Mize chip-in in 1987 and then in horrific manner in 1996 after leading by six shots heading into the final round but self-destructing shooting a final day 78 to lose by five to arch rival ...

New Masters champion, Adam Scott has paid respect to fellow Australian Kel Nagle, and golf’s oldest living Major Champion. Nagle turned 91 last December and no doubt would have been awake early, like the rest of the Australian nation, on Monday morning Australian time watching intently to see if Australia’s 73-year Masters hoodoo, since Jim Ferrier first represented Australia at Augusta in 1940, would come to an end. Nagle, who made his Masters debut in 1960 and just months before his ...

ADAM SCOTT – 2013 MASTERS CHAMPION – FACTFILE 1980: Born July 16, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. 1997: Wins World Junior Title 2000: Turns professional and attracts attention at an event in Morocco with a swing akin to Tiger Woods.  Scott secures his European Tour card for the following season in just eight starts at the Great North Open at Slayley Hall in north England. 2001: Wins first European Tour title at Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa. 2002: Wins twice ...

Adam Scott’s stunning Masters triumph has brought back under the microscope the anchoring of the belly and long-handled putter to the body. Scott, 32 became the fourth player in the past six Majors to win using either the belly putter or long-handled putter. And the Australian is the second straight player on the PGA Tour win anchoring the club to his body after Scotland’s Martin Laird shot a course record equallying 63 to win the Valero Texas Open. Scott set up the first Masters victory ...

 ADAM SCOTT – 2013 MASTERS CHAMPION – FULL POST ROUND INTERVIEW  CRAIG HEATLEY (Chairman of Augusta National Media Committee):  Ladies and gentlemen, it’s my distinct pleasure to welcome our 2013 Masters Champion from Australia, Adam Scott. When I heard the roar down on 10, a second later I heard about 30 million people in Australia and New Zealand all cheering, as well, I can’t even describe the pleasure that it gives me to welcome and congratulate you, Adam, on an awesome ...

World No. 1 Tiger Woods posted his 11th top-five finish in 19 Masters in finishing tied fourth at Augusta. Woods posted a second straigh 70 to end tied with Australia’s Marc Leishman (72) on five under par. MORE TO FOLLOW   Here is Woods’ comments post his final round.  What was the course like today? TIGER WOODS:  I just thought the greens were so slow.  Yesterday they were so quick and dried out and today they were so much slower.  And that was before it even rained.  Once ...