South African Clark snatches Australian Open win

South Africa’s Tim Clark claimed the 2008 Australian Open by defeating Mathew Goggin on the first hole of a dramatic sudden-death playoff at Royal Sydney GC today.

Having sizzled around the windswept layout in 67 to force a playoff, Clark claimed the Stonehaven Cup with a miraculous sand-save on the first extra hole, forcing Goggin to make a testing three foot putt to stay alive.