It borders at the ridiculous. If Adam Scott can submit just one greater right spherical on the Royal Sydney Golf Course, he can have won the Australian Triple Crown and helped win the group part of the World Cup of Golf in just 4 weeks.
Add that to his wins at the Masters and the Barclays, and he is were given a quite first rate yr underneath his belt.
I recognise human beings are going to argue that those aren't "elite fields" he is gambling against. I'll supply you that. But I would argue that winning like this against ANY area is astonishing... And permit's no longer forget about that best one Australian has ever won the Triple Crown inside the equal yr. (That guy is Robert Allenby, way returned in 2005.) These are the three majors in Australian golf -- their PGA, Masters, and Open -- so these aren't susceptible fields by means of any stretch of the creativeness. It's a difficult project.
And Adam isn't always simply squeaking by, both; he doubled his lead for the duration of the 0.33 spherical. Adam (-16) is now 4 strokes in advance of his closest pursuer, who just happens to be Rory McIlroy (-12), who appears to have finally observed his game and is, in turn, 4 strokes ahead of the 0.33-location gamers. And Adam's completed it in windy conditions... Plus his 2d round became the terrible give up of the draw, so he were given cold wet windy conditions.
Adam completed -14 on the PGA, -14 on the Masters, -7 (third) on the World Cup -- largely because of a 5 rating on one hole all through the primary round (he changed into -12 in the final 3 rounds!) -- and now he is -sixteen after three rounds this week. And he's doing it on courses which might be recognized as some of the most difficult within the world, beneath the stress of being on a "victory tour." (Remember, that is his first trip domestic on the grounds that turning into the first Aussie champion at Augusta.)
If he pulls this off, I simply may also ought to rank him above Tiger in subsequent week's RGWR. Australian golf was hoping for some kind of a boost from Adam's play... And it seems like they got a full-blown rocket.
The image came from Adam's profile on the Open website.
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