Adam Scott Completes Aussie Triple Crown

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Adam Scott​

WHAT COULD BE MORE FITTING? Playing in his first tournament in his homeland since slipping into the Green Jacket at Augusta, Adam Scott won going away at the Australian PGA. It was the only major Aussie title that had eluded Scott.

"Adam Scott hit the iron that all but secured his first Australian PGA Championship so crisply it sounded like a gun shot," reported The Sydney Morning Herald. "By the time the echo had subsided at Royal Pines, the engravers were already at work putting his name on the Joe Kirkwood Cup."

That shot was a 4-iron from 266 yards at the par-5 12th. The ball stopped a foot from the hole. Scott tapped in for an eagle and never looked back.

The Aussie golf hero fired rounds of 65, 67, 71 and 67 for a 14-under total of 270 on the Gold Coast resort course. American Rickie Fowler was runner-up, four shots off the winning pace.

Said Scott: "I came out and knew I had to do something great to win this. It's been an incredible year since April, and so great to come home. I've had a great week."

Scott still has a lot of tournament golf to play at home. He heads to Royal Melbourne Golf Club this week to defend his title at the Australian Masters. Next he'll partner with Jason Day in the World Cup, also at Royal Melbourne. Then the 2013 Masters champion will tee it up in the Australian Open at Royal Sydney Golf Club.

Australian Triple Crown Winners

Greg Norman: Open (1980, '85, '87, '95, '96), PGA Championship (1984, '85), Masters (1981, '83, '84, '87, '89, '90)
Robert Allenby: Open (1994, 2005), PGA Championship (2000, 2001, 2005, 2009), Masters (2003, 2005)
Peter Senior: Open (1989, 2012), PGA Championship (1989, 2003, 2010), Masters (1991, '95)
Peter Lonard: Open (2003, 2004), PGA Championship (2002 - tie with Jarrod Moseley, 2004, 2007), Masters (1997, 2002)
Craig Parry: Open (2007), PGA Championship (1992), Masters (1992, '94)
Adam Scott: Open (2009), PGA Championship (2013), Masters (2012)


Source: Adam Scott Completes Aussie Triple Crown

 

[azgreg]

It's only the triple crown if it's done in the same year. Now if you want to call it a career triple crown then that's fine.

 

[TheTrueReview]

These are some images from his unofficial triple crown.

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

How many girlfriends does he have? Must suck to be Adam Scott.

 

[BigJim13]

How many girlfriends does he have? Must suck to be Adam Scott.

They're not bad, not eye poppers though. Looks more costly than anything.

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

Looks more costly than anything.

They always are.

 

[Fairwaysplitter3320]

What was the saying...locked in with the fur cuffs, or something like that.

 

[TheTrueReview]

They're not bad, not eye poppers though. Looks more costly than anything.

Oooooh, hard marker!

 

[Fairwaysplitter3320]

#1 BOOOOOIIIIIINNNNGGGGGGGG!!!!