Jordan Spieth can return to scene of his Australian Open triumph

AMERICAN Jordan Spieth will have an opportunity to defend his Australian Open title on the same course he won the tournament.

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GOLF: American Jordan Spieth will have an opportunity to defend his Australian Open title next year on the same course he won the tournament on three weeks ago.

Golf Australia announced that The Australian Golf Club in Sydney will host the tournament for the 19th time.

Dates for the event, as well as the country’s other ‘‘majors’’ — the Masters and PGA — have not been determined for 2015.

Spieth’s six-stroke win came on his first visit to Australia and the 21-year-old, who shot a final-round 63, indicated after his victory that he hoped to return next year to defend his title.

● A 103-year-old Florida golfer may have made history as the oldest person to record a hole in one.

Gus Andreone of Sarasota achieved the feat last week at Palm Aire Country Club. It is likely that Andreone was the oldest golfer to ace a hole, beating the previous known effort, a 102-year-old woman in 2007.

Andreone told Tampa Bay television that the ace was his eighth since 1939.

He used a driver on the 113-yard 14th hole of the Lakes Course, as he normally does, but then noticed something different. The ball went straight into the hole. Andreone pocketed $US80 for the feat.

AP