His birdie on the par-four 17th put him at eight-under, level with Spieth’s record, and the 46-year-old Australian followed with a 60-foot eagle putt on the 18th to break the mark.
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Scott bagged four birdies on the front nine to join Spieth in equal third at five under, to be four shots off the pace. He almost did after smoking this three wood.
Amazingly, he never fell out of the lead, or a share of the lead, all day.
Winner Matt Jones and 2014 Australian Masters winner Nick Cullen took the others, with Cullen coming off the radar on Sunday to finish tied fifth, despite requiring anti-inflammatories for his right hand to play this week.
“But hopefully they saw the putt (on the last) and they’ll realise why. That bunker shot on 12 was probably the biggest thing because I knew I had some birdies left”.
Pampling was just two strokes adrift of Jones when he finished his scintillating round and, in an extraordinary twist, sharing the lead after Jones chalked up a triple-bogey seven on the ninth after landing in the water and three-putting after taking his penalty drop.
Spieth needed at least an eagle to have a chance to tie Jones and take him to a playoff. “Twelve was by far the tipping point in the round”.
“I felt nice and relaxed out there”, he said. “The hitting was fantastic and it just gave me the opportunity to make the putts”. “To go up against the number one in the world is going to be a lot of fun”, said Jones, a member of the host club and victor of a single US PGA title.
Lee Westwood closed with a 69 and finished at 2 over, 10 strokes back.
Sydneysider Matt Jones held off past and present world No.1s Adam Scott and Jordan Spieth to win the Australian Open.
The veteran smashed the previous course record of 63 at The Australian set by Spieth during the final round a year ago while winning the tournament by six strokes, when Pampling was runner-up.
His runner-up finish last year at the Australian Open earned him a trip to this year’s Open Championship at St. Andrews, where he missed the cut.
“To have my name on the trophy with Nicklaus, Newton, Norman, all those guys, it’s a dream come true for me”.
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“That was very stressful, it wasn’t comfortable out there for me”, Jones said. “I just couldn’t get myself to hit the putt hard enough and when the greens slow down I tend to struggle, and I did again today”.
