Adam Scott

Adam Derek Scott (born 16 July 1980) is an Australian professional golfer. To date he is one of only three golfers born in the 1980s who have made the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings, the others being Sergio García and Justin Rose, and thus has one of the most promising careers in men's golf. On 7 January 2007, he reached a career high ranking of third with a second place finish at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. [ [http://www.owgr.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=393094&itype=&iCategoryID=0 Vijay Singh Wins the Mercedes-Benz Championship and Climbs to World Number 5] ]

Scott was born in Adelaide, Australia. He is often talked of as a natural successor to Greg Norman in Australian golf, an impression reinforced when Norman's former caddy joined up with Scott in 2004.

His playing career took off in 2001, his first full year as a professional golfer, when he won the European Tour's Alfred Dunhill Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa. The following year he recorded two further European Tour victories, at the Qatar Masters and the Scottish PGA Championship.

2003 saw another European win in the Scandinavian Masters and his first win on the US PGA Tour, at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Further PGA Tour successes followed in 2004 at The Players Championship and the Booz Allen Classic. Early in 2005 he won the Nissan Open and reached the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. He has spent over 150 weeks in the top-10 of the rankings. [ [http://dps.twiihosting.net/wgr/doc/content/2007%20Stats/86TO0810.pdf 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking] ]

Scott now concentrates mainly on the PGA Tour and 2005 was the last year that he played enough European Tour events to qualify for the European Tour Order of Merit, but he continues to play all over the world. In 2006 he won the Tour Championship and finished third on the PGA Tour money list.

Scott represented Australia in the WGC-World Cup in 2002 and was a member of the International Team at the Presidents Cup in 2003, 2005, and 2007.

Scott is currently the touring professional at The Palms Golf Course Sanctuary Cove, located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. He attended the prestigious Anglican boys' school, The Southport School in middle school, and finished his high school education at The Kooralbyn International School where he also undertook extra subjects in Golf. He also briefly attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is coached by noted instructor Butch Harmon.

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour (6*)

(* "Note: The 2005 Nissan Open was shortened to 36 holes due to rain. Scott defeated Chad Campbell on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff on a Monday. Due to the event's length, this win is counted as unofficial for Scott.")

European Tour (6)

*2001 Alfred Dunhill Championship (co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour)
*2002 Qatar Masters, Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship
*2003 Scandic Carlsberg Scandinavian Masters
*2005 Johnnie Walker Classic (co-sanctioned by Asian and Australasian Tours)
*2008 Qatar Masters

Asian Tour wins (2)

*2005 Singapore Open
*2006 Singapore Open

Results in major championships

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tie
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

*Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2003 (tie), 2005, 2007
*WGC-World Cup (representing Australia): 2002

References

External links

* [http://www.adamscott.com.au/ Official site]
* [http://www.pga.org.au/default.aspx?s=pgatourplayerprofiledisplay&pid=352 Profile on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site]
* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/45/02/ Profile on the PGA Tour's official site]
* [http://www.officialworldgolfranking.com/players/bio.sps?ID=6430 Results for the last two years from the Official World Golf Rankings site]
* [http://a-scott.for-fan.org Adam Scott Fan Site]