Stuart Appleby

Stuart Appleby's positive Open strategy

Valkerie Mangnall Stuart Appleby is thinking clean thoughts before The Open gets underway on Thursday.

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Pampling capitalises on late tee time

Rod Pampling

Australian golfer Rod Pampling capitalised on his last-minute entry to be just two shots off the lead after the first round of the US PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship.

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Baddeley full focus on final Masters spot

Aaron Baddeley.

Ben Everill, Los Angeles Aaron Baddeley refuses to give up hope of boosting Australia's contingent at next week's US Masters to five as he and 10 countrymen join the battle for the last invitation.

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Scott unhappy with Riviera PGA result

Adam Scott.

Ben Everill Australians Adam Scott and Greg Chalmers shared the same score but their emotions were poles apart after tying for 10th in the US PGA Tour event in Los Angeles.

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Ogilvy moves family to reboot career

Geoff Ogilvy.

Los Angeles Geoff Ogilvy says moving his family back to Arizona is a "golf decision" as he does everything he can to break the longest win drought of his career and earn a trip to the Masters in April.

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Chalmers, Baddeley head PGA charge

Greg Chalmers

Australian golfers Greg Chalmers and Aaron Baddeley blitzed the La Quinta Country Club course to be one stroke off the lead after the first round of the PGA Tour event in California.

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Shark bites something foul

Greg Norman

Phil Lutton Stuart Appleby knows the feeling all too well. It arrives with a rumble about three or four in the morning, turns into a raging typhoon by the time you are due on the tee and prompts the inevitable...

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Shark attacked: Norman's upset stomach puts bite on hopes

Stuart Appleby

Phil Lutton STUART APPLEBY knows the feeling all too well. It arrives with a rumble about three or four in the morning, turns into a raging typhoon by the time you are due on the tee and prompts the inevitable...

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Not so much as a golf clap from Jeff

Jeff the dinosaur oversees proceedings at the PGA Championship at Coolum.

Phil Lutton Unlike his owner Clive Palmer, not a shy man, Jeff was eerily quiet over the first day of the Australian PGA Championship at Coolum.

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Bowditch survives final day nerves to secure PGA card and avoid Q-School infamy

Steven Bowditch

Australian golfers Steven Bowditch and Matt Jones will return to full status on the US PGA Tour in 2013 after claiming cards on the final day of the qualifying school.

Appleby battles demons

Stuart Appleby

David Sygall The voice inside Stuart Appleby's struggling mind is once again speaking the language of victory.

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Appleby's back in the swing

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 08:  Stuart Appleby of Australia plays a fairway shot during round three of the 2012 Australian Open at The Lakes Golf Club on December 8, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

David Sygall IT MIGHT not happen at this tournament, and maybe not at the next, but the voice inside Stuart Appleby's struggling mind is once again speaking the language of victory.

Masters of their domain

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Richard Hinds Adam Scott's appetite for success might be gauged by performance at Australian Masters

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Guyatt takes lead from Scott in Masters

2012 Australian Masters at Kingston Heath.

Little-known Queenslander Matthew Guyatt overtakes Adam Scott with a stunning seven-under par first round.

Appleby finds the good even in bad

Study in contrasts: Stuart Appleby and Ian Poulter

Peter Hanlon Stuart Appleby was in a surprisingly expansive mood. And not just about party pies.

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Australian Masters: Day two updates

Adam Scott

Scott Spits Overnight leader Matthew Guyatt has fired a three-under par 69 to race into strong contention to be the midway leader of the Australian Masters at Kingston Heath.

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Aussies fight for US PGA Tour futures

Rod Pampling is sharpening his mental game amid a field of desperate golfers making last stands to retain their US PGA Tour cards for next season.

Australians fight for US PGA Tour futures

Rod Pampling.

Los Angeles Field of desperate golfers making last stands to retain US PGA Tour cards for next season.

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Appleby set to miss school in bid for Masters

Just off pace: Stuart Appleby shares third spot in Connecticut.

Melissa Woods Australian Masters organisers are confident that 2010 champion Stuart Appleby will play at Kingston Heath this week rather than attempt to regain his US PGA tour card through qualifying school.

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No end in sight for golf veteran Appleby

A form slide which will force Stuart Appleby to use a one-off exemption to return to the US PGA Tour hasn't dulled the Australian veteran's belief he has plenty of good years left at the top level.