Taking part in companions Adam Scott and Tiger Woods each missed the lower on the PGA Championship in Kentucky final week however the fallout was extra dire for the Australian veteran whose streak of enjoying in 91 consecutive main championships is now in danger.
Scott, 43, dropped to 62 on the world rankings, placing him exterior the highest 60 for the primary time in a very long time and out of doors the quantity to routinely qualify for subsequent month’s US Open at Pinehurst.
The Aussie veteran has put his title down for qualifying occasions to try to maintain his run alive, but additionally is aware of top-10 end in Texas this week may go a protracted method to serving to his trigger forward of the June 10 cut-off.
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Scott made his main championship debut on the British Open in 2000, and his performed his second the 12 months after and has featured in each certainly one of them since 2001 with 18 top-10 finishes together with his well-known Masters victory in 2013.
“Yeah, I had a disappointing final week on the PGA. The state of my recreation had been fairly stable throughout, however I struggled on the greens final week and I’ve struggled on the greens the 2 earlier weeks earlier than that. In order that’s actually held me again.,” Scott stated forward of the Charles Schwab Problem in Fort Price.
“I believe my recreation is in higher form than outcomes are exhibiting. I do know just about everybody who will not be within the prime 10 on the earth might be saying that, however that’s how I really feel.
“I hope that some good karma from this golf course sort of conjures up just a few higher issues for me on the golf course this week.”
Scott, who completed tied for twenty second on the Masters as proof he can nonetheless compete with the world’s greatest, is again in acquainted territory to assist his quest, having win in Forth Price in 2014.
He’s additionally the one participant to win all 4 of the annual PGA Tour stops in Texas and stated he has at all times felt comfy enjoying within the Lone Star State adamant it’s the “most like Australia”.
“I’ve at all times felt that the state of Texas is most like Australia typically, from the bushes to the golf programs are related in lots of methods,” Scott stated.
“The individuals, I wouldn’t name all Australians cowboys, however we undoubtedly have lots of cowboys as properly.
“I believe there’s at all times been a degree of consolation, and I’ve loved success on the golf course right here. It additionally makes it an ideal week each time I come again to play in Texas.”
Scott was world No.1 when gained the 2014 event at Colonial Nation Membership in Fort Price, Texas, however is again on the occasion for the primary time since 2018.