13th December 2005
Victorian golfer Robert Allenby completed his domination of the Australian golfing summer when he added the Australian Masters to his Australian Open and Australian PGA Championship crowns.
Allenby completed his three peat when American Bubba Watson missed a one-metre putt for par at the first play-off hole.
Allenby said after becoming the first golfer to win all three major events on the Australian golfing calendar, ``I don't know whether I should say this, but I was crapping my pants out there. It has been a nervous week and to come down to the very final hole, I would've died if someone had taken it off me,"
``I really can't imagine ever playing three weeks of unbelievable golf. I came down not expecting to win at all and I walked away with the three of them."
``It's quite remarkable. When I came down to Australia, I didn't think I would even play the Australian Open let alone win it."
Leading final scores:
271: Robert Allenby (Vic) 67, 68, 68, 68, Bubba Watson (US) 70, 65, 69, 67
273: Nick O'Hern (WA) 64, 66, 70, 73
275: John Senden (Qld) 67, 70, 68, 70
278: Paul Casey (Eng) 70, 70, 68, 70
279: Bradley Iles (NZ) 68, 69, 74, 68, Peter Lonard (NSW) 72, 68, 70, 69
280: Stuart Appleby (Vic) 72, 69, 66, 73
281: Peter O'Malley (NSW) 68, 72, 73, 68, Jarrod Moseley (WA) 72, 66, 73, 70, Gareth Paddison (NZ) 71, 72, 68, 70, Paul Sheehan (NSW) 69, 72, 68, 72
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| Date | Tournament | 2004 Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27-30 | Chrysler Championship | Vijay Singh |
| Nov 3-6 | The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola | Retief Goosen |
| Nov 10-13 | Franklin Templeton Shootout | Hank Kuehne/Jeff Sluman |
| Nov 17-20 | WGC World Cup | England |
| Nov 26-27 | Merrill Lynch Skins Game | Fred Couples |
| Rank | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | FIJ |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson | USA |
| 4 | Retief Goosen | SAf |
| 5 | Ernie Els | SAF |
| 6 | Sergio Garcia | ESP |
| 7 | Jim Furyk | USA |
| 8 | Adam Scott | AUS |
| 9 | Chris DiMarco | USA |
| 10 | David Toms | USA |
Adam Scott is regarded as the most exciting young Australian golfer since Greg Norman. At the age of 23 years, eight months and 12 days, he became the youngest winner of The Players Championship on the US PGA Tour, an event considered by many to be the game's fifth Major.
Scott is a four-time winner on the US PGA Tour. His initial breakthrough came at the 2003 Deutsche Bank Championship after a second round 62 set up a four stroke win and saw Adam break into the top 20 in the World Rankings for the first time.