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Jordan Spieth ruled at Royal Sydney capturing a second Australian Open in three years. After declaring he was ‘brainless’ on the greens following his second round, four times Spieth rolled in four putts in to win the famed Stonehaven Trophy in aplayoff over Queenslander Cameron Smith and Victoria’s Ash Hall. The visiting American was almost out of the running at the mid-point of his final round today, suffering for an horrendous richochet off the flagstick at the seventh, and taking ...

Open Champion Henrik Stenson virtually only has to fall over the line to win a second Race to Dubai title in four years. The Swede heads into the final day of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship sharing 22nd place after a third round 70 for a five-under par tally on the Jumierah Golf Estates course. Stenson trails eight shots behind Frenchman Victor Dubuisson who holed his second shot for an eagle ‘2’ at the fifth and also birdied four of his closing five holes is a sizzling eight under ...

Three former Australian Open winners are separated by two shots heading to the final round at Royal Sydney. Geoff Ogilvy, winner of the 2010 Australian Open, posted a sensational third-round eight-under-par 64 to move two shots clear of the field at 11-under par. But hot on his heels is Aaron Baddeley, winner as an amateur at Royal Sydney in 1999 and a year later as a professional, and shooting a 67. And tied with Baddeley is 2014 Stonehave Trophy winner Jordan Spieth who posed a 68 and joined in ...

Rory McIlroy shrugged off a ‘beach holiday’ mood to get back to business at the Earth Course on day two of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. McIlroy was out among the early starters in the season-ending event posting six birdies in a four under par 68 for a one under par tally in the heatwave conditions. It left the World No. 2 trailing eight shots behind the leading duo of Sergio Garcia and Francesco Molinari who shot 67s to lead by two strokes at nine under par. “It was a pretty good ...

Double Major winning Jordan Spieth admitted he was ‘brainless’ on the greens despite just 27 putts to move to five under par and only four shots from the lead on day two of the Australian Open at Royal Sydney. The American, who was handed the Stonehaven Trophy in 2014, posted a day two 70 that included five birdies, a bogey but also a 15th hole double bogey. It left Spieth just four shots behind Australia’s James Nitties who carded a 65 to move one shot clear of the field at nine ...

Australia’s James Nitties took advantage of benign conditions at Royal Sydney to shoot 65, equalling the day’s best round, and storm his way to one shot lead at nine under par after two rounds of the Australian Open. However the player still to beat is double Major winning Jordan Spieth who birdied four holes in succession early in his round before a double bogey at the 15th in a round of 70 to be sharing ninth place at five under par and only four from the lead and with two rounds to ...

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy and World No. 3 Jordan Spieth now have more in common than winning Majors. Forbes had released its annual list of the world’s 30 highest-paid celebrities under 30 and Spieth is tied for 10th with $US 53 million in earnings, and according to Forbes with he ranking took into account money earned between June 1, 2015 and June 1, 2016. The bulk of Spieth’s money ($32 million) results from Spieth’s endorsement deals with Under Armour, Coca-Cola, and Titleist. The ...