Adam Scott says the 40-second shot clock he skilled for the primary time on his debut for the indoor Tomorrow Golf League was “about proper” however nonetheless took some adjusting to as tempo of play points proceed to canine the sport.
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Regardless of taking part in arguably the very best shot within the fledgling TGL’s historical past as a part of Rory McIlroy’s Boston Widespread crew, Scott discovered himself on the tip a loss to Tiger Woods’ Jupiter Hyperlinks outfit within the made-for-TV event’s first-ever playoff.
With 15-time main champion Woods taking over McIlroy, and Scott thrown in for good measure, the trio helped create one of the vital aggressive matches up to now.
Woods’ crew, comprising himself, younger gun Tom Kim and veteran Kevin Kisner, received a three-man nearest to the pin competitors over Scott, McIlroy and US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley.
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Scott mentioned the affect of the shot clock was clear, coming within the wake of a blow-up by seasoned PGA Tour commentators finally week’s Farmers Insurance coverage open at Torrey Pines.
Tempo of play has been placed on the agenda by main gamers too, together with ladies’s world No.1 Nelly Korda, and Woods copped the first-ever TGL time violation whereas placing as Scott mentioned it created the “proper tempo”, if just for the indoor competitors.
“It’s a slight adjustment, Tiger bought a time violation, you must watch out,” he mentioned.
“However I believe for this format it’s creating an excellent tempo. It’s about proper … you might have simply sufficient time, however you may’t fiddle otherwise you’re going to be stressing getting over the shot and it may result in an error.”
Woods mentioned it took him too lengthy to “sluggish my coronary heart charge down” as he at all times does earlier than a shot.
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“Effectively, usually I sluggish my coronary heart charge down earlier than I pull the set off, so dropping my coronary heart charge down typically takes a bit bit longer than others,” he mentioned.
Scott mentioned he was stunned by the strain he felt taking part in within the “completely different” atmosphere for the primary time.
“The music, the turf circumstances, all these items to regulate to underneath the strain and there was strain,” he mentioned.
“We had been in a decent match and the pictures down the tip counted. It was a enjoyable match.”
Scott, who performed his tee pictures to the sounds of Males at Work’s Down Below and INXS’ By no means Tear Us Aside, produced a spotlight too, practically making the competitors’s first-ever albatross, coming near holing his second shot into the par 5 referred to as Sidewinder.
All of the holes performed by opponents are pc generated to demand creativity earlier than work across the inexperienced turns into actual with bunkers and a shapeshifting placing floor for gamers to complete off their lengthy pictures whacked into a large display screen.
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After noting the 2 low weeks after an enormous opening night time, McIlroy mentioned the gamers “can’t assure” shut contests however acknowledged it might be essential to the TGL’s success.
“The character of competitors is you’re going to have some matches which can be blowouts and a few which can be actually tight,” he mentioned.
“It was actually cool tonight was a kind of matches that was actually tight. It definitely helps from an entertaining perspective … however that’s one thing we will’t assure.”