'Your eyes do burn up' - Smoke causes chaos at Australian Open golf

One player even resorted to wearing a surgical mask.

Sydney’s smoky haze continues to plague the Australian Open golf championship, with former winner Matt Jones claiming he’d never endured anything like it and one player even resorting to wearing a surgical mask.

Jones snared the early clubhouse lead with a first-round four-under-par 67 on Thursday before saying visibility and comfort levels were among the worst he’d endured.