Adam Scott at the Masters, Greg Norman at The Open – classic golf

In golf, there’s no shortage of classic re-runs to lose yourself in for a few hours.

‘C’mon Aussie!’ Adam Scott birdies the 18th at Augusta during the 2013 Masters. Picture: Getty Images

Adam Scott’s drought-breaking win at the Masters in 2013 was one of Australian golf’s greatest moments.

Adam Scott’s drought-breaking win at the Masters in 2013 was one of Australian golf’s greatest moments.

At the 77th edition of the venerable major at Augusta, Australia finally had one of its own shrugging into the green jacket at the end of the final day.

And what a finish.

Tied for the lead with Argentina’s Angel Cabrera as he played the 18th, Scott rolled in a curling 20-footer for birdie that set off pandemonium around the green (as well as across Australia) and had the normally even-tempered Scott roaring: “C’mon Aussie!”

Cabrera also birdied 18 to ensure the sudden-death playoff that took place as darkness rolled in.

At the second playoff hole, the 10th, Cabrera missed his birdie putt but Scott holed his from 12 feet to finally put an Australian name on the Augusta honour roll. With Jason Day third and Marc Leishman in a tie for fourth it was a banner week for Aussie players.

The 1997 Masters champion Tiger Woods receives his green jacket from the previous year’s winner Nick Faldo.

2 Tiger’s first of many

Even my wife sat and watched the final round of the 1997 Masters, as Tiger Woods romped home to his first major title.

Tiger blitzed Augusta to finish at 18-under, 12 shots clear of his nearest rival, Tom Kite. And all this after playing his opening nine holes of the tournament in 40.

Young, powerful and outrageously talented, Woods used his length off the tee to dismantle a course that was regarded as one of the hardest.

He shot seven-under on the Saturday, a round that his playing partner Colin Montgomerie called “the easiest 65 I’ve ever seen” and adding “this is a game I had not seen before. None of us had.”

He sealed the deal on Sunday with a final round 69 and then wept in the embrace of his father behind the 18th green. Golf would never be the same again.

3 The duel in the Sun

On the 16th tee during the final round of the Open Championship at Turnberry in 1977, Tom Watson turned to Jack Nicklaus and said: “This is what it’s all about, isn’t it?”

“You bet it is,” Nicklaus replied.

The two had been locked in a ­titanic struggle all weekend to claim the Claret Jug in that hot Scottish summer, with Turn­berry’s fairways parched and its crowds sunburnt.

Nicklaus, then 37, had 14 majors to his name. Watson, 10 years younger, was the reigning Masters champion and had won his first Open two years earlier.

They both shot 65 on Saturday to lead the field by three. On Sunday they were on a different level. Watson shot another 65 to beat Nicklaus by one. Third-placed Hubert Green was a further 10 shots behind.

As Dan Jenkins wrote in Sports Illustrated: “Better than any golf — ever.”

The European team poses with the Ryder Cup after beating the US at Medinah Country Cub in Chicago in 2012. Picture: AFP

4 Miracle at Medinah

Those who say golf isn’t a team sport should watch the Ryder Cup from 2012 at Medinah, in Chicago. It had it all. Loud, boisterous crowds as a backdrop to one of the most exciting editions of the biennial match between the US and Europe.

The US led by 10-4 at one stage on Saturday evening but still were beaten 14½ to 13½ by Sunday evening after a thrilling day of singles matches.

It was the first Ryder Cup since the death of Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros, the best friend of ­Europe captain Jose Maria Olazabal. And the European players launched their fightback in the singles wearing Seve’s trademark Sunday colours of white shirt and navy blue jumper, with a silhouette of the great man embroidered on the sleeve. How could they lose?

(The official 2012 Ryder Cup film is available on DVD, but the excellent Medinah Memories series is on YouTube.)

Greg Norman hugs the Claret Jug after winning the 1993 Open Championship at Royal St George’s in Kent.

5 Awesome Shark

The Open at Royal St George’s in 1993 was Greg Norman in his pomp. The final day began with 11 players within five shots of the lead. Norman, the 1986 champion, was one shot back but flew out of the blocks with a birdie at his opening hole and from thereon in, was in total control of his game.

His final round of 64 was flawless bar missing a short putt at the 17th. He hit every fairway and only missed four greens on his way to becoming the first player to win the Open with four rounds in the 60s.

“That was the best golf I’ve ever played in my life,” Norman said. “I’m not a person who boasts, but I’m in awe of myself and the way I hit the golf ball. It was perfect.”