| Adam Scott | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Adam Derek Scott |
| Born | 16 July 1980 Adelaide, Australia |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Residence | Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
| Career | |
| College | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Turned professional | 2000 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 18 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 8 |
| European Tour | 8 |
| Asian Tour | 4 |
| Sunshine Tour | 1 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 2 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T2: 2011 |
| U.S. Open | T21: 2006 |
| The Open Championship | T8: 2006 |
| PGA Championship | T3: 2006 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner |
2005 |
Adam Derek Scott (born 16 July 1980) is an Australian professional golfer. On 7 January 2007, he reached a career high Official World Golf Ranking of third with a second place finish at the Mercedes-Benz Championship.[1] Scott has won 18 tournaments around the world, on a number of golf's major tours. His biggest wins of his career so far have been at the 2004 Players Championship and the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
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Scott was born in Adelaide, Australia. He attended The Southport School, an Anglican boys' school, and completed his high school education at The Kooralbyn International School where he also undertook extra subjects in golf. He later briefly attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Scott is currently the touring professional at The Palms Golf Course Sanctuary Cove, located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Scott's playing career took off in 2001, his first full year as a professional golfer, when he won the European Tour's Alfred Dunhill Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa. The following year he recorded two more European Tour victories, at the Qatar Masters and the Scottish PGA Championship.
In 2003, Scott won his fourth European title at the Scandinavian Masters and his first win on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Further PGA Tour successes followed in 2004 at The Players Championship and the Booz Allen Classic. Early in 2005 he won the Nissan Open and reached the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. He has spent over 180 weeks in the top-10 of the rankings.[2][3]
Scott now concentrates mainly on the PGA Tour, but he continues to play all over the world. In 2006 he won the Tour Championship and finished third on the PGA Tour money list. In 2008 he played enough events on the European Tour to qualify for a playing on the Order of Merit for the first time since 2005.
At the 2008 U.S. Open, Word No. 1 Tiger Woods, World No. 2 Phil Mickelson and World No. 3 Scott were all paired together in the first two rounds of the tournament. Woods won in a playoff, Mickelson finished in 18th, and Scott finished in 26th.
Scott's form dipped in 2009 as he dropped out of the top 50 in the world rankings and the top 100 of the PGA Tour money list. Despite a quiet couple of years Scott won his seventh career PGA Tour title at the Valero Texas Open, prevailing in a 36 hole long Sunday to win by one stroke.
Scott achieved his best finish at a major championship when he finished in a tie for second place at the 2011 Masters Tournament alongside compatriot Jason Day, two strokes behind the winner Charl Schwartzel. Scott had held the sole lead of the tournament while playing the 71st hole, but four birdies in a row from Schwartzel meant Scott fell short by two strokes. However Scott said afterwards that he could only take positives out of the week and that his putting had never felt so good with the long putter.
With Tiger Woods injured at the U.S. Open, and The Open Championship in 2011, Woods's caddy Steve Williams caddied for Scott. After Woods fired Williams on 20 July, Williams became Scott's permanent caddy. The two enjoyed their first win together on 7 August 2011 when Scott triumphed at the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, earning him his first career World Golf Championship. He beat Luke Donald and Rickie Fowler by four strokes after a bogey-free final round of 65.[4] Scott returned to the world's top 10 for the first time in over two years after his win, re-entering at ninth.[5]
Scott has represented Australia in the WGC-World Cup in 2002 and was a member of the International Team at the Presidents Cup in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011.
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 1 Sep 2003 | Deutsche Bank Championship | -20 (69–62–67–66=264) | 4 strokes | Rocco Mediate |
| 2 | 28 Mar 2004 | The Players Championship | -12 (65–72–69–70=276) | 1 stroke | Pádraig Harrington |
| 3 | 27 Jun 2004 | Booz Allen Classic | -21 (66–62–67–68=263) | 4 strokes | Charles Howell III |
| – | 21 Feb 2005 | Nissan Open* | -9 (67–66=133) | Playoff | Chad Campbell |
| 4 | 5 Nov 2006 | The Tour Championship | -11 (69–67–67–66=269) | 3 strokes | Jim Furyk |
| 5 | 1 Apr 2007 | Shell Houston Open | -17 (69–71–65–66=271) | 3 strokes | Stuart Appleby, Bubba Watson |
| 6 | 27 Apr 2008 | EDS Byron Nelson Championship | -7 (68–67–67–71=273) | Playoff | Ryan Moore |
| 7 | 16 May 2010 | Valero Texas Open | -14 (71–70–66–67=274) | 1 stroke | Fredrik Jacobson |
| 8 | 7 Aug 2011 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | -17 (62–70–66–65=263) | 4 strokes | Luke Donald, Rickie Fowler |
* Note: The 2005 Nissan Open was shortened to 36 holes due to rain. Scott defeated Chad Campbell on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. Due to the event's length, this win is not officially recognised.
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Jan 2001 | Alfred Dunhill Championship1 | -21 (67–66–65–69=267) | 1 stroke | Justin Rose |
| 2 | 17 Mar 2002 | Qatar Masters | -19 (67–66–69–67=269) | 6 strokes | Jean-François Remésy Nick Dougherty |
| 3 | 25 Aug 2002 | Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship | -26 (67–65–67–63=262) | 10 strokes | Raymond Russell |
| 4 | 3 Aug 2003 | Scandic Carlsberg Scandinavian Masters | -11 (70–71–67–69=277) | 2 strokes | Nick Dougherty |
| 5 | 24 Apr 2005 | Johnnie Walker Classic2 | -18 (63–66–69–72=270) | 3 strokes | Retief Goosen |
| 6 | 27 Jan 2008 | Commercialbank Qatar Masters | -10 (69–73–65–61=268) | 3 strokes | Henrik Stenson |
| 7 | 14 Nov 2010 | Barclays Singapore Open3 | -17 (65–65–69–68=267) | 3 strokes | Anders Hansen |
| 8 | 7 Aug 2011 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | -17 (62–70–66–65=263) | 4 strokes | Luke Donald, Rickie Fowler |
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
2Co-sanctioned by Asian and Australasian Tours
3Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | T9 | T23 | CUT | T33 | T27 | T27 | T25 | CUT |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | CUT | T28 | T21 | CUT | T26 | T36 |
| The Open Championship | CUT | T47 | CUT | CUT | T42 | T34 | T8 | T27 | T16 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | CUT | T23 | T23 | T9 | T40 | T3 | T12 | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T18 | T2 |
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT |
| The Open Championship | T27 | T25 |
| PGA Championship | T39 | 7 |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tie
Yellow background for top-10.
| Year | Championship | 54 Holes | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | 1 shot lead | –17 (62–70–66–65=263) | 4 strokes | Luke Donald, Rickie Fowler |
| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accenture Match Play Championship | R32 | 3 | R16 | QF | R32 | R64 | R32 |
| Cadillac Championship | T39 | T40 | T36 | T29 | T2 | T61 | T9 |
| Bridgestone Invitational | DNP | T64 | T55 | T36 | T10 | T36 | T56 |
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accenture Match Play Championship | R64 | R32 | R64 |
| Cadillac Championship | T66 | T50 | T6 |
| Bridgestone Invitational | T51 | T9 | 1 |
| HSBC Champions | DNP | T25 | T11 |
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
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