Greg Norman backs Oz star Adam Scott to 'topple' Woods from world number one spot

Australian golf ace Greg Norman has tipped his compatriot Adam Scott to topple Tiger Woods from the world number one spot after his fellow Australian's second tournament win in a row.

Scott retained his Australian Masters title on Sunday after fending off a strong challenge from American Matt Kuchar for back-to-back victories after winning the Australian PGA the previous week.

According to Sport24, Scott, who won his first major at this year's Masters, is second in the world rankings and Norman is convinced he will take Wood's crown, tweeting that he is happy and proud of Scott, whom he backed as being on the 'near horizon' to world No.1.

The report mentioned that the Australian PGA said that if Scott continues his winning ways at this week's World Cup at Royal Melbourne and next week's Australian Open at Royal Sydney, he could go into 2014 with less than one point separating him from the once-untouchable Woods.

Before his Australian Masters win, Scott was three points adrift, with Woods on 12.26 and Scott on 9.25.

Norman is the only Australian to have made world number one and he was in top spot for a total of 331 weeks - behind only Woods' 657 weeks, the report added.