The four-year drought continues.
Australian golf stalwart Adam Scott has fallen agonisingly in need of his first PGA Tour triumph since 2020, with Robert MacIntyre successful the Scottish Open after a shocking late surge on Sunday.
The 43-year-old Queenslander set the goal at North Berwick’s Renaissance Membership after a closing three-under-par 67, which featured seven birdies, a double bogey and two bogeys.
Scott confronted a nervous wait after the top-turvy final 18, with most of his fellow contenders fading away.
However MacIntyre remained.
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Clutch putt sinks Scott at Scottish Open | 01:39
The European Ryder Cup participant, who at one stage was three photographs again with 5 holes to play, produced one of many best finishes in current tour reminiscence to safe his nation’s open championship, sinking a monster putt on 14 earlier than he was fortuitously permitted a free drop after standing on a sprinkler on 16, a stroke of luck that proved decisive.
Scott, who completed one stroke again, didn’t lose the Scottish Open, quite MacIntyre snatched it from his grasp with an eagle on the par-5 sixteenth and a 22-foot birdie on the par-5 18th.
“I’m happy for Bob. It is a large win,” Scott stated afterwards.
“A disgrace to come back up quick however Bob did what he needed to do to win. Eagle, par, birdie, that’s nice stuff.
“I feel that’s superior for him. Hopefully I can take some good type into subsequent week.”
Gracious in defeat, Scott acknowledged the silver lining after his season-best end, the earlier being a T8 at February’s WM Phoenix Open.
“There was numerous good things for me this week,” the previous world No. 1 continued.
“It’s onerous to complain about something. It’s the primary time I’ve been in competition this 12 months. I like the place my sport is headed into the final week or so going into subsequent week. Really feel like I’m enjoying at a excessive stage.
“I’m working at all the things on a regular basis, and attempting to not get pissed off, and use that have. It feels good to play in competition and hopefully I get one other crack at it at The Open now.”
Sprinkler provides MacIntyre ALL-TIME break | 02:57
Scott, who turns his consideration in direction of subsequent weekend’s Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Membership, was noticed signing autographs for followers after the Scottish heartbreak.
After his finest PGA Tour end since a playoff loss on the 2021 Wyndham Championship, Scott strikes from No. 71 to a projected No. 49 on the season-long FedExCup standings.
Nevertheless, he’ll have to attend for that coveted fifteenth PGA Tour title.