Australian Open: Nervous start to final round by Matt Jones, Jordan Spieth

However, in the end, Jones played 1-under golf the rest of the way, sinking a 4-foot par putt on the last hole to secure his first Australian Open title.

World number one Jordan Spieth cut Matthew Jones’ lead in the Australian Open to three shots going into Sunday’s final round in Sydney.

Spieth’s start wasn’t much better than Jones with bogey-bogey and another at the sixth, turning in two-over. I’m sure I’ll be noticed a little more walking around a street maybe in Australia or at the horse races next weekend, but I’m just happy to have my name on this trophy.

Spieth had a roller-coaster of a front nine in which he bogeyed three of his first four holes and birdied the next two before finishing the front nine with a bogey and a birdie just two pars going out.

“When I finished my round I thought I’d be tied or one back, it looks now like it’s two or three shots”, he said.

“It’s a dream come true for me and it’s something that I can’t have taken away from me”.

Culllen mixed five birdies and four bogeys in his final round 68 but an eagle on the par five 14th hole helped him move to three-under-par for the championship.

The consolation prize was, by his finish, Pampling earned a spot in the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon. “I’m very comfortable with where I am and I’m looking forward to it”.

Pampling shot a 10 under the card 61 for the day beating the coarse record by two strokes.

Scott and Spieth tied for runner-up position with Rod Pampling 4th and Nick Cullen and first round leader, Lincoln Tighe, sharing 5th. “I was trying to hit a high fade kind of let the wind snag it, so when you hit it at the ball sometimes, it actually kind of knuckles through the wind”.

There was more tension to follow, though, with Spieth giving himself a 15-foot eagle putt on the last to force a playoff.

You can be one swing away from doing what I did and having no chance to win. “He played the best golf this week”.

Meanwhile, Scott produced an aggressive round of six-under as he rallied from nine shots behind at the start of the day to finish second.

The Texan, whose success has been so recent that he has only previously defended one title, hit a course record 63 to win the tournament past year but said he would be putting memories of that brilliant round to the back of his mind on Sunday.