Fellow golf execs have reacted with awe to Adam Scott’s exceptional streak after information the Australian will tee up for 92nd successive main event this week.
Scott will stretch the second-longest consecutive males’s majors streak in golf historical past after being amongst six ultimate gamers named Monday to the US Open subject.
The US Golf Affiliation (USGA) introduced Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, who gained the US PGA Canadian Open earlier this month, and Scott, the 2013 Masters winner, would declare the ultimate two exempt berths within the 156-player lineup.
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Finishing the sector for the showdown at Pinehurst had been alternates Sergio Garcia, the 2017 Masters champion from Spain, and People Otto Black, Maxwell Moldovan and newbie Brendan Valdes.
Scott is ranked 61st on this week’s world golf rankings however moved into an exempt place when 59th-ranked Grayson Murray, whose dad and mom mentioned he took his personal life on Might 25, was faraway from the top-60 checklist to find out exempt standing.
Scott’s streak trails solely the report run of 146 consecutive majors performed by Jack Nicklaus from 1962-1998.
The 43-year-old Aussie is ready to play within the British Open subsequent month at Royal Troon and has a life exemption into the Masters, so is more likely to lengthen a streak that a number of of Scott’s friends discover virtually unfathomable.
“It’s unbelievable. I heard about it final week .. and needed to ask, is that proper?,” American Sam Burns advised the PGA Tour.
“What’s that, 23 years? It’s insane. Adam Scott is world class participant and has been a world class participant for a lot of a few years so it’s fairly cool to see.”
US veteran Billy Horschel added: “It’s like Tiger’s (data) .. I don’t suppose I can really fathom it …
“To play 91 straight majors. I do know there was a few years, or a 12 months there or in order that he struggled along with his sport however to be there in and to have the ability to play a excessive degree like he’s, it simply reveals you the expertise that Adam had and nonetheless has.
“We’re all simply in awe after we give it some thought. I’m 37 and after I was 14 he was taking part in in his first main and has performed each main since. I simply can’t wrap my head round it.”
South Korean star Si Woo Kim mentioned Scott was, and stays, his idol.
“I really like him … that (91) is a loopy quantity. It’s so onerous to do it, even three or 4 years in a row is difficult, however that’s loopy.”
Scott will compete in his twenty third consecutive US Open, along with his finest exhibiting a share of fourth in 2015 at Chambers Bay. In two US Opens at Pinehurst, Scott was ninth in 2014 and shared twenty eighth in 2005.
Additionally amongst 84 absolutely exempt gamers was MacIntyre, who earned his third US Open by standing forty first on this week’s world golf rankings. He was eighth on the PGA Championship amongst 4 top-10 showings this 12 months.
The USGA had held again six spots for doable late-ranking qualifiers, so 4 alternates had been added to the lineup.
Garcia will turn out to be the thirteenth participant from LIV Golf taking part in at Pinehurst and make his twenty fifth consecutive US Open begin. It can even be his 99th profession main begin.
The 44-year-old Spaniard, first alternate from Dallas qualifying, had his finest US Open end, a share of third, at Pinehurst in 2005.
Valdes, 21, was a US school star at Auburn this previous season and makes his second US Open begin, having missed the lower in 2023.
Black, 30, was the highest alternate at Columbus, Ohio, whereas Moldovan, 22, moved right into a prime alternate spot when Scott gained an exemption. He’ll make his third US Open, ending a better of sixty fifth final 12 months.
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