Major hopes
ADAM Scott and Jason Day admit the 25-year race to become Australia’s first multiple major champion since Greg Norman is extra incentive to win the Masters.
Not since Norman captured his second British Open title in 1993 has an Australian male player lifted more than one trophy on golf’s biggest stage.
Norman was the third Australian to achieve the rare feat, after David Graham (1979 US PGA Championship, 1981 US Open Championship) and five-time British Open winner Peter Thomson.
Queenslander Karrie Webb has won seven major titles in the women’s game. But with the 2018 majors season days away from starting at Augusta National, Day and Scott have the chance to usher in a new era for Australian golf.
World No.12 Day is determined to re-open his majors account having won the 2015 US PGA Championship.
“Oh, that’d be great,” the Beaudesert junior said.
“It would be amazing, but I don’t want to be done with just two (majors).
“It’s a lofty goal, but I want to be able to try win the (career) grand slam.
“There aren’t many guys who have done it, but it would be a special place to in history to put yourself.”
Gold Coaster Scott was the first Australian to win the Masters, but has been unable to capitalise on several red-hot opportunities at the majors since his 2013 triumph.
He has had four top-five results and three other top 10s, most recently at Augusta last year when Scott began the final round three shots back of the lead only to finish ninth.
But former world No.1 Scott says ‘multiple major winner’ is a title he desperately wants.
“I feel I’m a good enough player that I should win more than one major, but I’ve really got to get on (with it),” he said.
“Becoming a multiple major champion is the next step in my career.”
Like Day, the 37-year-old Scott hasn’t closed the door on completing the career grand slam. Tiger Woods (2000) was the most recent player to capture all four major trophies.