Adam Scott is already at Pinehurst getting ready for this week’s US Open along with his unbelievable steak of main appearances to hit 92 and put the previous world No.1 inside attain of becoming a member of a membership that solely has a single member, {golfing} icon Jack Nicklaus.
The Australian veteran’s 23-year-run, which started on the 2001 US Open, had been in jeopardy after he slipped to 60 on the earth rankings and misplaced a three-hole playoff with countryman Cam Davis in qualifying in golf’s “longest day” final week.
Having been given the primary alternate spot, Scott, who didn’t play within the Memorial Event gained by Scottie Scheffler and subsequently had no probability to additional his rating, was counting on playing cards falling his solution to turn out to be the sixth Australian within the discipline.
Officers had left open 4 spots for late qualifiers and with one set to go to Robert McIntyre, who gained the Canadian Open final week, Scott can even get one after no rankings strikes tipped him out of the highest 60.
Together with his place locked in, Scott now has a brand new milestone in sight.
There have been 18 gamers in golf historical past who’ve performed in 100 main championships or extra however solely Nicklaus has performed in additional than 100 consecutively, taking his place in a staggering 146 straight majors.
Scott, who’s locked in for this yr’s British Open at Royal Troon and has a assured spot within the Masters because the 2013 winner, will take his streak to 94, pending any harm points, by April subsequent yr.
He would want to then meet qualification standards for the 2025 PGA Championship and US Open to maintain the 100-major problem alive.
The following longest main streak amongst lively gamers in 44 by American Jordan Spieth, proof of Scott’s long-standing competitiveness.
However whereas the US Open information was constructive for Scott, it was much less so for countryman Cam Smith, who heads to Pinehurst on the again of certainly one of his worst rounds as an expert and a close to unbelievable late collapse on the LIV occasion in Houston.
Smith, who would want to win the US Open to be any probability of qualifying for the Australian Olympic staff for Paris, confirmed some elegant expertise early in his spherical however then utterly fell aside on the finish dropping a staggering 11-shots in his closing six holes in an unrivalled collapse falling out of the highest 10 and ending in a tie for forty eighth.
The Queenslander carded three consecutive double-bogeys after which a triple-bogey in his final 4 holes, with 4 double-bogeys total in an eight-over par 80, which left him 19 pictures behind the winner, Carlos Ortiz.
Smith, who qualifies for the US Open on the again of his 2022 British Open triumph, will be a part of fellow Australians Scott, Jason Day, Min Woo Lee, Davis and world No. 362 Jason Scrivener at Pinehurst this week.