Two past Open winners, Geoff Ogilvy and John Senden, along with PGA
TOUR winner Steven Bowditch will compete in the Emirates Australian Open
headlined by defending champion and world number one Rory McIlroy and
Adam Scott.Scott, the 2013 Masters champion, came close to securing a historic
triple crown of Australian events before McIlroy birdied the final hole
to clinch victory last year.

American Jordan Spieth, a rising star in the world game who shone at
the recent Ryder Cup, will take on the might of Australia and Asia at
The Australian Golf Club, Sydney, from November 27-30.

Ogilvy, winner of the Australian Open in 2010, recorded his eighth
PGA TOUR win in August with victory in the Barracuda Championship.

A popular figure in Australia, the 2006 US Open champion will have huge support as he bids for a second Australian Open title.

Senden beat Ogilvy by a stroke to win the Australian Open in 2006,
the same year he made his breakthrough on the PGA TOUR with success at
the John Deere Classic.

The veteran endured an eight-year wait before his second victory on
the PGA TOUR, edging Kevin Na by a shot at the Valspar Championship in
March.

Two weeks later Bowditch followed his countryman into the winner’s
circle in the United States with victory in the Valero Texas Open. It
was a popular first PGA TOUR win for Bowditch.

The Australian Open received a big boost last month with Emirates
Airline committing to the title sponsorship of the event for a further
three years.

Emirates has been connecting passionate golfers, fans and spectators
alike to the Open since joining the championship as title sponsor in
2011. As the tournament continues to grow and attract the world’s best
sporting talent, Emirates has committed to extending the partnership
through to 2016.

The Emirates Australian Open will be broadcast live on the Seven
Network in Australia across all four days and the championship will
again be sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia and OneAsia.

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