As he nears an unbelievable main milestone that’s testomony to his longevity, Adam Scott is adamant each occasion turns into his greatest likelihood so as to add to his single triumph, conceding that issues “solely get more durable and more durable” as every alternative goes by.
Scott, who turned 45 on Wednesday, scaled the most important mountain over a decade in the past with victory on the 2013 Masters. He’s teeing it up in his 97th consecutive main at The Open at Royal Portrush, eyeing off turning into solely the second participant to play 100 in a row.
That’s a feat solely Jack Nicklaus has achieved, however the Golden Bear racked up 18 wins to Scott’s single triumph throughout that legendary journey.
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With top-20 finishes in his previous two majors begins, and a top-10 end finally yr’s Open, Scott has proven a capability to proceed to contend, nonetheless prepared to make the sacrifices to carry out on the prime stage.
However he’s a realist and is aware of possibilities will quickly run out, so he has to profit from each alternative.
“Yeah, the numbers are getting massive. What’s not massive is my main wins, so I’d like to vary that, double it this week,” Scott instructed media on his birthday at Royal Portrush.
“I’ve labored laborious to maintain myself on this spot and I actually don’t have any outcomes to indicate for a way good I really feel like I’ve performed this yr, which is a part of golf and irritating.
“However the actuality is, I imply, I don’t know, I hope I can do that for an additional 10 years, however that’s going to be … it solely will get more durable and more durable.
“So this week’s my greatest alternative to win a serious. That’s each main I play most likely to any extent further.
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“That’s how I’m going to really feel and I nonetheless really feel like I sacrifice quite a bit to maintain myself on this place, so I wish to profit from it.”
In the meantime, Scott additionally spoke about returning to the revamped Australian Open having missed it final yr.
The 2025 version will scrap the format that noticed males, ladies, and all skills golfers competing for his or her tournaments concurrently.
It should additionally see the return of Rory McIlroy and Scott, who hopes the “glory years” of the occasion are returning.
“I believe it’s moving into the appropriate path,” Scott stated. “I believe the truth that Rory’s been lured down reveals that they’re making good selections and I hope that is the beginning of glory years of the Australian Open once more.
“That’s not to remove something from the final no matter years, however it’s laborious to suppose that the Aussie Open hasn’t been performed at Royal Melbourne since ‘91, so I’m glad that I’m going to sneak one in my profession. Let’s hope that is the beginning of an amazing run of Aussie summer time golf. Once more. I believe that’d be nice for everybody at house.”
Scott tees off simply after 9pm Australian time on Thursday.
Open Championship Australian tee instances/groupings (Australian instances)
3.57pm – Cameron Smith, Marco Penge, Justin Hastings (a)
4.08pm – Jason Day, Taylor Pendrith, Jacob Skov Olesen
4.19pm – Phil Mickelson, Daniel Van Tonder, Ryan Peake
4.52pm – Darren Clarke, Davis Riley, Lucas Herbert
8.26pm – Stewart Cink, Matteo Manassero, Marc Leishman
9.09pm – Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler, Ethan Fang (a)
9.20pm – Laurie Canter, Elvis Smylie, Sergio Garcia
11.37pm – Russell Henley, Tyrrell Hatton, Min Woo Lee
1.05am (Friday) – Daniel Younger, Curtis Luck, Curtis Knipes