Ten years after claiming Australia’s first Masters win, Adam Scott hopes these golden recollections can assist ship one other for the nation at Augusta this week.
Scott’s thrilling 2013 triumph in a playoff in opposition to Angel Cabrera slotted within the final piece of the foremost jigsaw that had proved elusive for Greg Norman and different high Australian golfers.
An enormous TV viewers tuned in on a workday morning to observe, rejoicing in residing rooms as Scott soaked up tributes from the prime minister down.
A decade later, Scott’s successful putt stays a staple of “greatest sporting moment” packages in Australia and the defining second of a profession that has by no means once more scaled such heights.
The former world primary had hoped for extra, setting himself a purpose of finishing a sweep of the majors, however Scott has not been ready so as to add a second, not to mention a 3rd or fourth.
At 42, time is on no account operating out for Scott – as Phil Mickelson confirmed when he gained the 2021 PGA Championship on the file age of fifty.
But neither is it on his facet.
Since the flip of the millennium, solely 5 different golfers other than Mickelson have gained a serious of their forties.
Scott says he nonetheless has the sport to affix them if all of it comes collectively on the proper time.
“It’s always good vibes coming back here,” he advised reporters on Tuesday.
“It’s amazing in some ways it’s been 10 years but in other ways I guess I feel really good about where I’ve managed to keep myself over these 10 years, at least physically very healthy and ready to go again.
“I feel like if I can put myself in a good position I can lean on those memories of getting it done 10 years ago.”
Scott stays revered in Australian golf however the highlight has fallen on youthful males like British Open champion Cameron Smith, who walked away from the PGA Tour to affix the breakaway LIV Series for an unlimited payday.
Scott has remained wedded to the U.S. Tour and was elected by his friends to chair its Player Advisory Council.
Players on either side have fired pot-shots on the rival excursions however Scott and Smith stay agency associates and performed a observe spherical collectively at Augusta.
“None of this has had any effect on our relationship at all,” he mentioned.
“We often play practice rounds at majors and I was glad to have a hit with him.”