Australian Masters Golf

Tiger Woods seeks his first major triumph since the 2008 US Open.

Jordan Spieth Spieth was runner-up at the Masters last April behind fellow American Bubba Watson, just missing out on being the first Masters rookie to win since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979.

Murdaca, 19, from Adelaide, became the first Australian winner of the regional championship, closing with a one-under-par 71 to finish seven shots clear of the field for the biggest winning margin in the event's history.

Australian star Adam Scott, who captured his first major title last year at the Masters, fired a six-under par 65 to match American Cameron Tringale atop the leaderboard halfway into the first event of the season-ending PGA playoffs.

The Northern Irishman overhauled crowd favourite and reigning US Masters champion Adam Scott with a final round 66 to win the Australian Open on Sunday by a single shot with an 18-under-par tally.

Adam Scott retained his Australian Masters title on Sunday after fending off a strong challenge from American Matt Kuchar for back-to-back victories after winning the Australian PGA the previous week.

The reigning US Masters champion has set himself a gruelling home schedule, having already agreed to play the Australian PGA Championship and defend his Australian Masters title.

Finally, the drought had ended. It was Scott's first major, and the only major an Australian had never won.

No Australian has ever won the Masters, but Adam Scott, Marc Leishman and Jason Day enter Sunday's final round at Augusta National with a golden opportunity to end the green jacket jinx.

The two-round aggregate of nine-under par 135 helped them share the lead with Australian Marcus Fraser and overnight leader Ricardo Santos

Lee Bo-mee of South Korea made seven birdies for a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead after Thursday's first round of the Australian Ladies Masters.

American teen star Lexi Thompson and U.S. Women's Open champion So Yeon Ryu will play in the Australian Women's Masters in February at Royal Pins.

England's Ian Poulter won the Australian Masters by three shots at the Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne on Sunday.

Geoff Ogilvy took a two-stroke lead on Saturday in the Australian Masters, shooting an 8-under 63 on his boyhood course at Victoria Golf Club.

England's Ian Poulter battled a stomach bug but held on to a two-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the Australian Masters at the Victoria Golf Club on Friday.

Tiger Woods seeks his first major triumph since the 2008 US Open.

Jordan Spieth Spieth was runner-up at the Masters last April behind fellow American Bubba Watson, just missing out on being the first Masters rookie to win since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979.

Murdaca, 19, from Adelaide, became the first Australian winner of the regional championship, closing with a one-under-par 71 to finish seven shots clear of the field for the biggest winning margin in the event's history.

Australian star Adam Scott, who captured his first major title last year at the Masters, fired a six-under par 65 to match American Cameron Tringale atop the leaderboard halfway into the first event of the season-ending PGA playoffs.

The Northern Irishman overhauled crowd favourite and reigning US Masters champion Adam Scott with a final round 66 to win the Australian Open on Sunday by a single shot with an 18-under-par tally.

Adam Scott retained his Australian Masters title on Sunday after fending off a strong challenge from American Matt Kuchar for back-to-back victories after winning the Australian PGA the previous week.

The reigning US Masters champion has set himself a gruelling home schedule, having already agreed to play the Australian PGA Championship and defend his Australian Masters title.

Finally, the drought had ended. It was Scott's first major, and the only major an Australian had never won.

No Australian has ever won the Masters, but Adam Scott, Marc Leishman and Jason Day enter Sunday's final round at Augusta National with a golden opportunity to end the green jacket jinx.

The two-round aggregate of nine-under par 135 helped them share the lead with Australian Marcus Fraser and overnight leader Ricardo Santos

Lee Bo-mee of South Korea made seven birdies for a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead after Thursday's first round of the Australian Ladies Masters.

American teen star Lexi Thompson and U.S. Women's Open champion So Yeon Ryu will play in the Australian Women's Masters in February at Royal Pins.

England's Ian Poulter won the Australian Masters by three shots at the Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne on Sunday.

Geoff Ogilvy took a two-stroke lead on Saturday in the Australian Masters, shooting an 8-under 63 on his boyhood course at Victoria Golf Club.

England's Ian Poulter battled a stomach bug but held on to a two-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the Australian Masters at the Victoria Golf Club on Friday.