{"id":307066,"date":"2025-11-25T05:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307066\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T05:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:33:12","slug":"australian-golf-veteran-adam-scott-planning-to-wind-back-the-clock-in-australian-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307066\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian golf veteran Adam Scott planning to wind back the clock in Australian PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Scott might look like the \u201cold golf pro\u201d, but until the 2013 Masters champion<\/a> begins to feel like one he has no plans to stop.<\/p>\n

The former world No.1 turned 45 in July.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been 12 years since his sole major success and more than 20 since he clinched the Players Championship at the record age of 23.<\/p>\n

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Scott has appeared in 97 consecutive majors, second only to Jack Nicklaus (146) and has exemptions for next year\u2019s showpiece events that mean only poor health will stop him raising the bat.<\/p>\n

But ahead of Thursday\u2019s Australian PGA Championship at Brisbane\u2019s Royal Queensland GC, Scott says that shouldn\u2019t be an issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m starting to turn into that kind of old golf pro who\u2019s out there,\u201d the 14-time PGA Tour winner said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember when I turned pro (in 2000), and I looked at some of those guys who are my age now, and how old I thought they were, and that\u2019s me.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I feel, physically and mentally, able to do it still.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not in the \u2018aches and pains\u2019 phase yet, and I\u2019m really motivated to, until I get to that point, try and keep competing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott, who missed the Masters cut for the first time since 2009 this year, bounced back in torrid conditions to play in the final group at this year\u2019s US Open.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t really have any other plans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still feel like by some of the indicators that everyone judges the game by today, I\u2019m relevant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve still got the game to compete at the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott secured a little-known two-year PGA Tour exemption when he made the 2024 Tour Championship that will keep his majors streak alive for now.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment, I\u2019m a little bit on the back foot with that (scheduling), not completely controlling everything myself, but it can all turn around quickly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of weeks and you\u2019re firing again. So my focus is on … winning tournaments, and that generally takes care of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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