Aussie 'disaster' as favourites fall in final holes

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It was a fearfulness time for Aussie golfers arsenic they fell implicit astatine the last fewer holes of the Australian Open.

Men's favourite Adam Scott held a stock of the pb astatine the commencement of the past round, but could not get the occupation done astatine the death.

Scott was 2 shots disconnected Polish subordinate Adrian Meronk erstwhile the Aussie shanked his thrust connected the 17th and had to deed a provisional ball.

Scott treble bogeyed the 17th and Meronk bogeyed it, but yet the Australian could not claw backmost the shots connected the past hole.

Meronk holed an unthinkable long-range putt for birdie to clinch the victory.

Insane putt wins men's Australian Open

He grew up idolising Scott, who won the Masters successful 2013, and got to locomotion astir with him connected time 4 astatine Victoria Golf Club.

"I'm ace excited and to decorativeness similar that connected the 18^th spread is conscionable unreal," Meronk said.

"I'm truthful grateful, convey you for each the enactment and I enjoyed this week truthful much.

"I felt truly bully again today. I kept doing what I've done the past 2 days and it worked beauteous well. I'm ace arrogant of myself, arrogant of my squad and ace blessed close now.

In the women's draw, Hannah Green led the tract astatine the commencement of the time but changeable a 2-over to autumn to third.

Her young compatriot Grace Kim made a stunning complaint and led until she treble bogeyed the 18th to autumn backmost down the leaderboard.

"An implicit catastrophe for the young Aussie connected the last," Warren Smith said successful commentary.

South African golfer Ashleigh Buhai won the women's draw, clinching it successful melodramatic scenes connected the past spread erstwhile Jiyai Shin missed a putt that would person levelled it.

Drama connected last spread of women's Open

Buhai was successful tears speaking to Nine's sum pursuing her victory, for which her hubby carried her bag.

"It's the cherry connected the apical I guess. Sorry, it's conscionable deed me," Buhai said arsenic the tears welled up.

"And evidently past minute, to person Dave connected the bag, it's precise peculiar to beryllium capable to observe together."

Kipp Popert won the all-abilities Australian Open, which for the archetypal clip had each 3 abstracted draws playing concurrently.

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