Australian golfer Matt Jones embraced his wife and the former Miss Idaho as he claimed his second Australian Open title in Sydney.
The 39-year-old was joined after holing a putt on the 18th green by wife Melissa Jones and their three daughters as he clinched a one-stroke victory at The Australian Golf Club on Sunday.
Jones, who is from Sydney, married his glamorous wife in 2012 and the pair have spent more than 11 years together.
She was crowned Miss Idaho in 2009 and finished in the top 15 for the Miss USA pageant in the same year.
Australian golfer Matt Jones embraced his former Miss Idaho wife as he was awarded his second Australian Open crown in Sydney
Melissa Jones (pictured) was crowned Miss Idaho in 2009 and finished in the top 15 for the Miss USA pageant in the same year
The Jones’ are pictured with their daughters Victoria, Savannah, and Simone Rose
In 2017, Ms Jones was named as one of the ‘most beautiful women in golf’ by golf.com.
The couple, who reside the US, are parents to Victoria, Savannah, and their young child Simone Rose, who they welcomed in July 2018.
The mother-of-three works in the health and fitness industry and helps mothers through weight loss by turning ‘their bodies into fat burning machines for life’.
Ms Jones says her health and fitness journey began in her teenage years when she first started to compete in pageants.
She often shares pictures of her husband and their children to Instagram, praising him for his golfing prowess and role as a father.
Alongside a picture of Jones on the golf course, she wrote: ‘This is the side of my husband that you see most often, but there is so much more to this gorgeous soul.
The 39-year-old was joined on the course by Melissa Jones and their three daughters to mark his victory at The Australian Golf Club on Sunday
Jones, who is from Sydney, married the glamorous WAG in 2012
The couple have been together for 11 years, according to Ms Jones’ Instagram post from February 2019
‘He’s so incredibly kind and supportive of me and my goals. I knew right away that he’d be the best father figure to our children.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
‘Everyone deserves someone like this in their lives.’
For Valentines Day, Ms Jones referred to their decade-long relationship.
‘This year we celebrate our 11th Valentines Day together. He is my perfect Valentine,’ she wrote.
Jones first moved to the US to study at Arizona State University in the early 2000s.
Jones made a clutch up-and-down par at the last to claim a one-stroke victory over South African Louis Oosthuizen on Sunday, who eagled the 72nd hole to set up a dramatic climax.
Champion in 2015 at The Australian Golf Club, where he’s been a member since he was 15, Jones finished at 15-under-par for the tournament after closing with a 69.
Jones looked like winning in a procession before Oosthuizen’s late heroics.
The mother-of-three works in the health and fitness industry
Melissa Jones is pictured after giving birth to the couple’s third daughter Simone Rose, who they welcomed in July 2018
Like a Sunday afternoon stroll in the park, Jones casually walked the fairways hand in hand with his wife and seven-year-old daughter Saber as he watched his challengers come and go for most of the day.
But matters turned dicey when Oosthuizen suddenly cut his lead to one and Jones found a bunker off the tee on 18.
Unable to re-find the fairway from the trap, he left his approach 10 metres short and had to hole a five-foot putt to become the 19th multiple winner of the Open – and first since American superstar Jordan Spieth three years ago.
‘It’s a great honour to be able to put my name on that trophy with all those champions and there are multiple major champions on there,’ Jones said.
‘To be on the trophy with Jack (Nicklaus) and Gary (Player) and Greg (Norman) and Adam (Scott), Rory (McIlroy), Jordan.
‘To be able to do it twice is very special and something that I’ll be able to look back on later in life and be very proud of.’
Ms Jones often shares pictures of her husband and their children to Instagram, praising him for his golfing prowess and role as a father
Jones (pictured with wife and daughters) was champion in 2015 at The Australian Golf Club, where he’s been a member since he was 15
But unlike when he held on grimly to deny Spieth and Scott by a shot four years ago, after racking up double and triple bogeys on a nervy front nine, Jones wasn’t threatened on Sunday until the death.
His overnight three-stroke lead was never trimmed to anything less than two shots until he walked to the 18th.
He had one hand on the Stonehaven Cup after stretching his advantage to four shots after the front nine.
After successive birdies on the 13th and 14th holes, Jones could afford a bogey on 15 and still edge out Oosthuizen, who closed with a 66 to finish outright second.
Victory also earned Jones a British Open start next year at Royal St George’s, where Greg Norman won the Claret Jug in 1993 for a second time.
Jones (pictured with wife) claimed a one-stroke victory over South African Louis Oosthuizen on Sunday in Sydney
‘I’ve played in maybe five British Opens and it’s the one major I would most like to win. To be able to do that and plan a schedule around that, will be fantastic,’ Jones said.
Queenslander Aaron Pike (69) also punched his ticket to the 2020 Open after sharing third spot with Japanese amateur Takumi Kanaya (71).
Chasing his maiden major win on home soil, Marc Leishman had been mounting a challenge until his round unravelled with a double-bogey on nine.
Leishman sprayed his approach into the deep rough right, chopped out to the cart path and came up short before two-putting to fall six shots off the pace.
The US PGA Tour star eventually signed for a 71 to finish in a share of 10th at seven under.
Matt Jones of Australia and his family pose with the Stonehaven Cup after Jones won The Australian Open golf championship at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney on Sunday