Rory McIlroy Wins 2013 Australian Open
/The Australian PGA's social media roundup from the 2013 Emirates Australian Open sums up the amazing scene as Adam Scott possibly over-clubbed his approach into the 18th at Royal Sydney, opening the door for Rory McIlroy to birdie the last and take the title. 
While it's big news that McIlroy finally won a tournament in 2013 after such a stellar campaign last year, this one will long be remembered for Adam Scott's run at the Triple Crown of Australian golf.
In defeat, Scott proved classy as ever, prompting Mike Clayton to compare him to Australian greats Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle.
Scott as his is way took the loss with grace and he will steel off into the night with the knowledge he has made the summer of golf in Australia. For a month he has signed autographs, spoken at dinners arranged in his honour, had hundreds if not thousands of photographs taken with green jacketed arm around adoring fans and all the way he was shooting even 67s.
What is more impressive is he looked like he enjoyed every step of the four-week journey through Queensland, down to Melbourne and then up to Sydney. Nothing was a problem or a drama. He never once looked like he was doing us a favour by being here when he could have been sunning himself in Bermuda.
Australians have always loved the selp-depricating and modest sportsman.
Scott is a throwback to the generation of Thomson and Nagle and he surely will win a lot more.
The official highlights include the finish and that epic scene on Royal Sydney's 18th where the crowd spills onto the fairway edges and seemingly every bit of available free space:
McIlroy's post round press conference:
**From Glen Jackson's Sydney Morning Herald story on Scott feeling "gutted" after losing the title:
Perhaps feeling like the bloke who turned the lights on at the party, McIlroy apologised to the crowd. ''I'm sorry that I had to ruin Adam's triple crown,'' he said.
''He's had a phenomenal year. It's a real credit to him that he came down and played all four weeks. It would have been very easy to skip a couple … to play four in a row is a credit to him.
''He knew what responsibility he had coming down as Masters champion, the first Australian to win a green jacket. That's the sort of guy he is - he is a true champion. He's a credit to the game but he is also a credit to this country.''
Scott, whose bogeys came on the first and last holes, was doing his best to remain upbeat. ''It was going to be a tough day no matter what, and Rory made his move and I just couldn't knock in the putts you expect to make. I've made them all week but slight misreads and not quite the right pace, didn't match,'' he said.
