Adam Scott Facts: 20 Things You Didn't Know About Australian Golf Star
Get to know the 2013 Masters Champion and former World No.1 Adam Scott better with these facts
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How well do you know the Major-winning Australian? Take a look at these facts on his life and incredibly impressive career.
Adam Scott facts
1. He was born in Adelaide, Australia and then moved to Gold Coast.
2. His dad Phil was a PGA Pro and taught Adam how to play golf.
3. He studied at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas before turning pro in 2000.
4. He currently lives in both The Bahamas and Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland.
5. He is the first Australian to ever win the Masters and the first player with a long-putter to win the tournament.
6. His golfing hero is Greg Norman.
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7. Greg Norman and Butch Harmon persuaded him to play on the European Tour in his early days
8. He married his now-wife Marie in 2014 in a surprise wedding in the Bahamas after the Masters. They have two children together: Bo Vera and Byron. Marie is an architect.
9. He cites his special interests as - Music, design, architecture, photography, watches
10. His career on-course earnings on the PGA Tour are over $65m.
11. He spent 11 weeks atop the Official World Golf Ranking in 2014.
12. His first professional win came at the 2001 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship where he won by one stroke from Justin Rose, another former world number one.
13. He moved to Queensland when he was seven years old and because of how close he was to the beach, he quickly found a love for surfing.
14. He served bugs at his Masters Champions dinner - Moreton Bay bugs, a shellfish native to Australia, similar to lobster.
15. In 2005 he set up the Adam Scott Foundation in Australia and it expanded to Asia in 2008. His foundation supports youth centers, kid programs, and college scholarships.
16. Scott has 14 wins and 15 runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour.
17. He has qualified for every single men's Major since the 2001 Open. His incredible streak spans 93 Majors.
18. He has just one runner-up finish in a Major, which came at the 2012 Open at Royal Lytham, where he agonisingly bogeyed the final four holes to lose by one stroke to Ernie Els.
19. He has played on ten International Presidents Cup teams, losing nine and halving one.
20. He is a player director on the PGA Tour Policy Board.
Full name | Adam Derek Scott |
Born | July 16, 1980, Adelaide, South Australia |
Coillege | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
Turned pro | 2000 |
PGA Tour wins | 14 |
DP World Tour wins | 11 |
Major wins | 1 (2013 Masters) |
Career-high world ranking | 1st |
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!
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