Rod Pampling shoots course-record 61 at Australian Open

SYDNEY - Australian veteran Rod Pampling has broken Jordan Spieth's course record at The Australian Golf Club with a 10-under 61 during the final round of the Australian Open on Sunday.

Spieth set the previous mark of 63 during the final round last year while winning the Australian Open by six strokes, with Pampling finishing runner-up. It was the first time the Jack Nicklaus-designed course had played at a par-71.

On Sunday, Pampling opened with a bogey but then recorded nine birdies - including 2s on three of the four par-3s on the course - and an eagle.

His birdie on the par-4 17th put him at 8 under, level with Spieth's record, and then the 46-year-old Australian made a 60-foot eagle putt on the 18th to break the mark.