Australian PGA and Masters title-holder Adam Scott has shot a course record 62 in his opening round of the Australian Open at Royal Sydney on Thursday, surging ahead towards a rare triple crown of the major Australian golf titles.
Scott, who has already won the Australian PGA and Masters tournaments and needs the Open for the trifecta, birdied each of his first six holes to set up his remarkable round of 10-under in good conditions.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Scott is leading in the Open after the morning groupings, five strokes ahead of his compatriot Jason Norris and 1999 champion Aaron Baddeley, who is five-under, and his round beat the previous course record set in 2008 by Stephen Dartnall, Mathew Goggin, Ewan Porter, Chris Gaunt and Norris.
The report mentioned that fellow Australian Jason Day, who played with Scott, shot a two-under 70 to be eight strokes off the early cracking pace.
