Jordan Spieth won a three-way playoff with a birdie on the first extra hole at Royal Sydney Golf Club win the Australian Open.
‘I had a chance last year on 18 and didn’t hit a great putt, and this time I had that same chance with a very similar putt in the playoff and capitalised, so drew back a little on that and said “this is our time to close this one out,”‘ said Spieth.
The American edged out Ashley Hall and Cameron Smith after the three players all finished regulation play tied on 12 under par. The trio returned to the 18th tee box for sudden-death hole and Spieth found the middle of the fairway, middle of the green, and drilled home the putt for birdie and the win.
He hoped to return in 2017 to defend his title.
‘It’s hard to tell a year from now. But how can you argue with coming here and gaining the confidence that we’ve had out of this event. So I certainly plan to defend, just don’t know what’s going to happen 12 months from now,’ he said.
