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Adam Scott has set his sights on a triple crown in his homeland after retaining the Australian Masters on Sunday.
Scott, 33, successfully defended the title he won in 2012 with a final round of 71, leaving him on 14-under par for the tournament, two clear of nearest rival Matt Kuchar.
The victory at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club leaves Scott in good stead ahead of the World Cup of Golf, due to be held at the same venue, which starts on November 20.
Scott's triumph comes on the back of his Australian PGA Championship success, and he has the chance to match Robert Allenby — who claimed the triple crown in 2005 — if he can win the Australian Open in a fortnight's time.
"Well it's looking good now," Scott, who has already won the career triple crown, said. "I think it's a funny one because I play an event in between. We're talking triple crown, it will certainly be on my mind when I get to Sydney.
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"I think it's going to be a lot of fun for me to try and do that because I remember how big a deal it was for Robert who did achieve that, I think it was 2005, he did it.
"Hopefully there's a lot of excitement when we go to Sydney about going for the three events and it would be nice to do it off the back of a World Cup."
Scott's victory was not all plain sailing after an inconsistent final round that consisted of four birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey at 14.
| Australian Masters | ||
|---|---|---|
| At Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Melbourne, Australia. Purse: $1 million. Yardage: 7,024. Par: 71 | ||
| Adam Scott, Australia | 67-66-66-71 | 270 |
| Matt Kuchar, United States | 71-66-67-68 | 272 |
| Vijay Singh, Fiji | 72-68-63-71 | 274 |
| Nick Cullen, Australia | 65-69-69-72 | 275 |
| Ryan Fox, New Zealand | 68-71-66-73 | 278 |
| Matthew Griffin, Australia | 69-65-69-75 | 278 |
| Marc Leishman, Australia | 71-71-72-65 | 279 |
| Aron Price, Australia | 73-71-67-68 | 279 |
| Jason Scrivener, Australia | 69-71-70-69 | 279 |
| Geoff Ogilvy, Australia | 71-72-67-69 | 279 |
| Mathew Goggin, Australia | 72-71-67-69 | 279 |
| Brendon de Jonge, Zimbabwe | 68-70-68-73 | 279 |
| Matthew Millar, Australia | 69-70-71-70 | 280 |
| Gaganjeet Bhullar, India | 69-72-69-70 | 280 |
At one stage he trailed Kuchar by two shots, but a birdie at 15, coupled with the American dropping a shot at 16 brought the two players level, before Kuchar carded a double-bogey at the last.
Despite the topsy-turvy nature of the final day, Scott insists he always believed he could win, after going into the final day with a four-shot lead.
"Even if I was one shot behind I knew there was going to be an opportunity down 15 and I needed to hang in there," he added. "I mean 14 was my biggest error of the day, but that's the advantage of starting four in front I guess."
Fiji's Vijay Singh threatened a comeback with four birdies in the opening six holes, but consecutive bogeys at seven, eight and nine curtailed his progress and he had to settle for third.
Australian Nick Cullen finished fourth, while compatriot Matthew Griffin finished tied fifth with New Zealand's Ryan Fox.