Adam Scott
| Team: | PGA Golfer |
| Age / DOB: | (37) / 7/16/1980 |
| Ht / Wt: | 6'0" / 180 |
Adam Scott made a few management changes ahead of his appointment with Shinnecock Hills for this week's U.S. Open Championship.
Scott has been using David Clark as his caddie since his split with Stevie Williams. The Clark-Scott relationship may also be a thing of past (at least professionally) as the Aussie arrived at Shinnecock Hills with a new bagman. He's employing Lenny Bummolo, a local caddie who Scott has used during casual rounds at this Long Island layout. He's also on the fence about which putter he will use this week at the U.S. Open. "I'll putt with the long putter, I'm pretty sure," he said. "I just don't like thinking about it too much. I pick both up and I putt good with both. I don't want to get stuck trying to be perfect." Scott recently switched back to the long putter (Wells Fargo) and gained strokes putting in the first two events using it. Since then, he's lost over 11 strokes putting in his last three events. Currently ranked 7th on TOUR in strokes gained tee-to-green, Scott remains a strong contender this week, regardless of what putting stroke he chooses. Jun 11 - 10:33 PM
Prior to the start of the event, Adam Scott has removed his name from the field at this week's FedEx St. Jude Classic. First alternate Mark Wilson has taken his spot.
The Aussie has played an uncharacteristically busy schedule this spring in an attempt to qualify for the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. He got really close through the top-60 OWGR cutoff but still found himself on the outside looking in. Yesterday, he secured his seat, though, through sectional qualifying (Columbus). Instead of playing seven weeks straight, Scott will now take a breather, withdrawing from the St. Jude Classic to prep for the U.S. Open next week. Scott has played in every major since the 2001 Open Championship and that streak will now continue. This will be his 17th straight U.S. Open appearance but he surprisingly has just two top 10s to his credit. Jun 5 - 10:38 AM
Making his first appearance since a missed cut in 2012, past champ and World No. 65 Adam Scott painted a bogey-free, 6-under-par 33-32=65 in the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson to conclude on 15-under 269, up nine places to T10 with play still in progress. UPDATE: With play completed, Scott finished T9.
The 2008 playoff winner (TPC Four Seasons) matched his bogey-free 65 in Round 2, adding 67/R1 and 72 in R3. This is his fifth top 25 of the season in 10 starts, second straight (T11/PLAYERS), and possibly a first top 10. For the week, the 37-year-old totaled 20 birdies against five bogeys and is currently No. 1 in SG: Tee-to-Green at 11.518 though 67th in SG: Putting (-2.820). He hit 12 (of 14) fairways in R4 and all 18 greens in regulation, carding six birdies, including a walk-off 3 from 4'6". May 20 - 8:31 PM
Making his first appearance since a missed cut in 2012, past champ and World No. 65 Adam Scott styled a bogey-free, 6-under-par 34-31=65 in the second round of the AT&T Byron Nelson for a 36-hole total of 10-under 132, up 18 spots on the live leaderboard to T5, five adrift of leader and countryman Marc Leishman. UPDATE: With R2 completed, Scott is T7, five back.
Four of the 37-year-old's 13 TOUR titles have come in Texas, including a P1 at the Byron Nelson in 2008, the first time that the former venue TPC Four Seasons was the solo host. He's the only player in history to win the stroke-play Texas Grand Slam, adding wins at Houston (2007), Valero (2010) and the Crowne Plaza (now Fort Worth) Invitational in 2014. Scott, who hasn't won since a come-from-behind win at the 2016 WGC-Cadillac (Doral), chased an opening 67 (six birdies, two bogeys) with today's six-birdie showing. He striped all 14 fairways and hit 16 greens in regulation for a second straight day, gaining 2.494 strokes on approach, currently No. 2 in the latter with a cumulative 4.393 and No. 1 in SG: Tee-to-Green at 7.662. Perhaps the only thing standing between him and a win this week is the flat stick, 116th at the moment at -1.471. May 18 - 4:10 PM