| Adam Scott |
 | Full Name: Adam Scott | | Height: 6-0 | | Weight: 170 | | Birthdate: July 16, 1980 | | Birthplace: Adelaide, Australia | | Residence: Crans sur Sierre, Switzerland | | Family: Single | | Education: University of Nevada-Las Vegas | | Interests: All sports, biographies, fashion, surfing | | Turned Professional: 2000 |
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| Q & A |
| I know I'm in for a long Wednesday when I look in my pro-am partner's bag and see... |
| Iron covers. |
| If my wife/girlfriend could choose the vanity plate on my car, it would read... |
| G'dayM8 |
| At Thanksgiving dinner, you'd be most thankful for what shot pulled off in 2005? |
| Put on the ninth green at Riviera during the playoff with Chad Campbell at the Nissan Open. |
| Forget about the Vardon Trophy or Player of the Year, the PGA Tour awards ceremony would be a whole lot more entertaining if they awarded... |
| Worst shots of the year. |
| A lot of guys complain about metal spikes, but what I would outlaw would be... |
| ALong putters. |
| My high school PE teacher would describe my athletic ability as... |
| Ambitious. |
| I'd lay 10:1 odds on my caddie against anyone in the field if the game/contest were... |
| Wrestling. |
| What is the funniest/quirkiest encounter you have had with a fan? |
| Often people will come up to me and introduce themselves as a relative. |
| Which professional golfer would win on Celebrity Jeopardy? Who would end up with a negative dollar amount? |
| Stuart Appleby would win. |
| Who is one athlete outside the game of golf you admire? |
| Lance Armstrong. |
| What type of vehicle were you driving when you won your first professional event? How long after that victory before you upgraded? |
| Didn't have a vehicle when I won my first tournament. Bought one a year later. |
| During a tournament, what is your pre-round routine? What is the first club out of the bag during a practice session? Last? |
| Stretch, warm up with sand wedge, driver and then chip and putt. Then I head to the tee. |
| What do you think about a three-way international competition pitting the best from the United States, Europe and the rest of the world? |
| I don't think much of it, because Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup are enough international competition. |
| Statistics (through 2005) |
| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (3) 2003 Deutsche Bank Championship. 2004 THE PLAYERS Championship, Booz Allen Classic. |
| International Victories |
| (5): 2001 Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship [SAf]. 2002 Qatar Masters [Eur], Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship [Eur]. 2003 Scandic Carlsberg Scandinavian Masters [Eur]. 2005 Singapore Open [Asia]. |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Positions |
| $2,382,630 (13) |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1-- Nissan Open, T2-- Booz Allen Classic. |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 65 at Round 4, Mercedes Championships, at Round 2, Sony Open in Hawaii |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights |
| Fashioned final-round 65 to finish T5 at Mercedes Championships, three strokes behind countryman Stuart Appleby...Captured unofficial victory at rain-shortened Nissan Open, where he posted rounds of 67-66 to tie Chad Campbell for the 36-hole lead at 9-under-par. Unable to complete the third and final
rounds, Scott and Campbell played off on Monday morning with Scott prevailing on the first playoff hole. Victory was worth $864,000 in official money...Won three matches at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship before falling to eventual champion David Toms 2 and 1 in the Quarterfinals. Career record at Accenture event is now 11-4. The 11 victories ranks fifth all-time...In defense of THE PLAYERS Championship, finished T8, four shots behind winner Fred Funk. The sixth player to finish in the top 10 the year after winning THE PLAYERS Championship... In title defense of Booz Allen Classic at Congressional Country Club, finished T2, two shots behind Sergio Garcia after posting four rounds in the 60s. Within two shots of leader Garcia at the 71st hole, flew sand wedge from 133 yards over green into water hazard and made bogey...Captured the Singapore Open on the Asian Tour by seven strokes over Lee Westwood in September. |
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