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Adam Scott wins US Masters

Ben Everill Adam Scott has become the first Australian golfer to win the US Masters, snapping one of the country's great sporting hoodoos.

Scott's power and elegance reap day of glory

Adam Scott of Australia gestures on the 9th green during his final round on day four of the 2012 British Open Golf Championship.

Michael Clayton We all watched Scott throw away the British Open at Royal Lytham last year.

Champion call on putt by a Kiwi veteran

Adam Scott of Australia reacts alongside caddie Steve Williams

Daniel Gilhooly Master caddie Steve Williams' tight connection with Australian golf finally reaped the reward of a major championship when the veteran Kiwi bagman helped steer Adam Scott to his historic Masters win.

Thomson says British Open revenge could happen in near future

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Matt Murnane His mental demons finally buried and the roadblock that stood in the way of his first major title beaten down, Adam Scott is now poised to surpass Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy as the top man in world...

New master pulls out the broomstick to deliver some old-fashioned magic

Adam Scott

Michael Clayton At Kingston Heath last summer, Adam Scott put on the most elegant golfing exhibition ever seen in this country.

Final frontier ends decades of heartbreak at golf's true major

Adam Scott

Malcolm Knox Yes! Adam Scott has landed himself a new green jacket and the great white whale of Australian sport.

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Scott will be Australia's greatest ever, says Norman

Adam Scott and  Greg Norman

Ben Everill Greg Norman believes Adam Scott can win more majors than any other Australian after smashing the country's 77-year US Masters hoodoo.

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Now for No.1 for Scott

New master: Adam Scott receives his green jacket from 2012 winner Bubba Watson.

Matt Murnane With a major burden off his back, the sky's the limit for Adam Scott, says legend Peter Thomson.

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Ogilvy 'hungrier than ever'

Geoff Ogilvy

Wayne Heming, Coolum Geoff Ogilvy is in a select club of eight Australians to have won a major.

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Peter Senior wins Australian Open

Australian Open winner Peter Senior.

Sydney Peter Senior becomes oldest Australian Open champion in history after a drama-charged win at The Lakes Club.

Senior holds fast as juniors blown away

Glenn Jackson Peter Senior wins second Australian Open as players feel full force of Sydney's unpredictable weather.

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Senior's moment as Open's oldest winner parties into the dark

Player Peter Senior

Glenn Jackson THE oldest Australian Open winner fittingly went on a bit to do it. At 7.43pm on a bleak and blustery Sunday night at the Lakes, Peter Senior became the Australian Open champion for the second time -...

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Watson 'felt sick' watching Scott's British Open meltdown

Tom Watson of the US during a practice round ahead of the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George's golf course in Sandwich, England, Monday, July 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Tim Hales)

Peter Stone The five-time British Open champion Tom Watson felt sick for days after witnessing Adam Scott's meltdown on the last four holes of this year's championship, but believes Scott will benefit from the...

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Great Scott: Aussie Adam leads the way at British Open

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Richard Hinds Adam Scott turned 32 last Monday and, somewhat strangely, his parents gave him a golf bag. That is about the only thing that has not gone to plan for the Queenslander at Royal Lytham and St Annes so...

Scott-Woods match likely: Norman

Greg Norman expects Adam Scott and Tiger Woods to play against each other at some point of this week's Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne, giving the event the marquee match-up it craves.

Golf stars play holes named after them

The golfers who have given their names to Melbourne's newest championship course also put the layout to the test on Monday.

Australia names World Cup golf pairing

Brendan Jones and Richard Green are to represent Australia at golf's World Cup tournament at the Mission Hills Golf Club in China from November 27-30.

Indicators right for an Aussie Open tilt

Valkerie Mangnall No Tiger Woods and a defending champion under an injury cloud and all factors point to arguably the best chance in years of an Aussie winning the British Open.

Scott leads as Aussies fire in Texas

Andrew Both It was more like Australia Day than Anzac Day as Australians filled three of the top four positions after the second round at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.

Thomson slams Sydney's Australian Open

By Robert Grant Golf legend Peter Thomson has condemned the decision to move the Australian Open to the "back streets" of Sydney.