Adam Scott (golfer)

Adam Scott
AM
Scott in 2017
Personal information
Full nameAdam Derek Scott
NicknameScotty, The Big Queenslander
Born (1980-07-16) 16 July 1980 (age 44)
Adelaide, Australia
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceAlbany, Nassau, Bahamas
Spouse
Marie Kojzar
(m. 2014)
[1]
Children3
Career
CollegeUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins32
Highest ranking1 (18 May 2014)[2]
(11 weeks)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour14
European Tour11
Asian Tour4
Sunshine Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia6
Other4
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters TournamentWon: 2013
PGA Championship3rd/T3: 2006, 2018
U.S. OpenT4: 2015
The Open Championship2nd: 2012
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner
2005, 2013

Adam Derek Scott AM (born 16 July 1980) is an Australian professional golfer. In 2000, Scott turned professional and quickly earned European Tour membership. He won four tour events early in his career. In 2004, Scott won The Players Championship, the flagship event on the PGA Tour, and has focused on the United States since then. In the early 2010s, Scott began his greatest stretch of his career. He won the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, finished runner-up 2012 Open Championship, and won the 2013 Masters Tournament. In 2014, Scott won The Colonial earning the world #1 ranking for first time. Since then Scott's success has endured, winning multiple international tournaments.

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  2. ^ "Week 20 2014 Ending 18 May 2014" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.