Scott’s fury at stumble
AN emotional Adam Scott has blasted himself for stumbling while in contention at the US Open.
But after squandering another chance at the majors, the former world No.1 has vowed to undergo a thorough postmortem before next month’s British Open.
Scott started the final round at Pebble Beach eight shots off the pace but made a run for the ages, rattling off an eagle and four birdies in a brilliant first 12 holes yesterday.
But the wheels came off spectacularly after that.
Scott flared his tee shot out of bounds right on the 13th hole, which led to a doublebogey six.
The 2013 Masters winner showed guts by responding with birdie on the par-5 14th, but two threeputt bogeys at the 16th and 17th sealed his fate. At six under, Scott (68) finished tied for seventh with former British Open winner Louis Oosthuizen (72).
The 38-year-old Scott was devastated.
“It’s hard not to have an emotional verdict at the moment, of course I’m very p--ed-off with my finish,” he said post-round.
The always-honest Scott took ownership of his poor finishing stretch. He admitted a second consecutive top-10 at the majors, a month after sharing eighth at the US PGA Championship, was not good enough.
Chasing a second career major victory, Scott has been in contention to win the past five majors going back to last year’s British Open.
“I’m angry; I want to win one of these so badly. I play so much consistent golf,” he said.
Scott finished third at last year’s PGA Championship and shared the 36-hole lead at this year’s Masters at Augusta.
“But that’s kind of annoying; I’d almost rather miss every cut and win one tournament for the year if that win was a major,” he said.
A 69 on Sunday left former world No.1 Day tied for 21st at two under, in a group which included 15-time major winner Tiger Woods (69).
Day has missed the cut and failed to finish within the top 20 in the past three US Opens.
Marc Leishman (72) was tied 35th at one over while Cameron Smith (72) finished eight over.