Adam Scott Testing New Custom Clubs After 'Terrible' Iron Play

The Australian says his iron play has been "terrible" this year after showing off some new custom Miuras on social media

Adam Scott plays an iron shot
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Adam Scott is the biggest name in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship this week, as well as the tournament favorite, but the former World No.1 says he's testing new clubs after a "terrible" year of iron play.

The 2013 Masters champion had a decent season on the PGA Tour with four top-10s, a FedEx Cup finish of 72nd and earnings of over $3m. However one area really let him down statistically, with his Strokes Gained: Approach number of -0.169 ranking him 140th on tour compared to his Total, Off the tee and Putting all ranking inside the top 26.

Scott has played around with his equipment over the past couple of seasons as a free agent, notably using some 'AS' custom Miura irons, and he is testing a new set from the Japanese brand this week in Bermuda that he says were grinded by 'Mr Miura' himself.

"If we're going to look at the stats this year, my iron play was the worst," he said.

"I think I was about 18th in strokes gained driving, so I didn't feel too bad about that, but my iron play is stand-out terrible this year. So I've been addressing that and I've made some equipment changes and, you know, testing some of that stuff still this week."

The Australian makes his first start of the FedEx Cup Fall this week - the series following the conclusion of the 2022/23 PGA Tour season. He's seeing it as a tune-up for two upcoming home events, while also admitting it works for his schedule after recently being in Boston after signing for the Boston Common Golf Club team in the TGL.

"I think there were quite a few factors that fell into place that really made sense to play this week," he said.

"I was close by in Boston. This time of year I'm really not around the east coast normally, but there was the TGL announcement for Boston Common golf. That was great, great fun to be at Fenway Park yesterday for the day and see every bit of it. It felt like we did a lot of activities around there, it was really fun.

"Also, I'm playing in Australia in just a couple weeks' time. After a fairly quiet period at the back end of the year, it's a good time to get going again, not only try and play well this week but get ready to be going in Australia.

"And of course I feel like I've played fairly solid all year and not got results. I'm not going to get results being on the couch at home. It would be nice to get a result going on the PGA Tour before next season starts and try and improve my standings and get a position in a couple of these signature events."

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV