and fifth in the Australian Open in Melbourne<\/a> before leading from start to finish at the Cathedral Invitational, ahead of the likes of Marc Leishman and Lucas Herbert.<\/p>\n\u201cWinning is hard,\u201d Scott told this masthead as he sat beside his trophy, overlooking the rolling hills north-east of Melbourne.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a real art in golf to getting confidence from not winning. It\u2019s hard to fake confidence of winning, but somehow you need to grow in confidence even with indifferent results. \u201d<\/p>\n
Scott has been one of the most successful golfers of his generation. According to his official PGA statistics, of his 425 events played since joining the PGA Tour in 2003, he\u2019s finished top three 43 times, top five 65 times and top ten 115 times.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s won 14 times on tour, but none since the Genesis Invitational in 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a really interesting thing with golf. Tiger [Woods] was winning at a 33 per cent clip for 10 years. That\u2019s 33 per cent!\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn most sports, at 33 per cent; you\u2019re no good. But that\u2019s the greatest player ever. So it\u2019s a completely different focus in golf. But in saying that, we all just want to win. That\u2019s how we judge ourselves \u2026 maybe unfairly.\u201d<\/p>\n
At a gala dinner before the Australian Open, Scott was asked by host Gerard Whateley about the prospect of playing his 100th consecutive major next year.<\/p>\n
Scott smiled and took a breath. \u201cOne win in 100 doesn\u2019t sound great but two in 100 sounds a lot better,\u201d he said, getting a laugh from the crowd.<\/p>\n
Scott laughed, too, but he wasn\u2019t joking.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my head, it\u2019s unlikely that I just pop up and win a major out of the blue. It\u2019s possible, of course, you just never know, but it\u2019s unlikely. So many players are so solid now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, the way to win another major, there\u2019s a process. And it\u2019s going to be stacking up good results over some period of time, let\u2019s just say the first three months of next year, to have the confidence to know I can do it down the stretch of one of the biggest events.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve been grinding all year looking for better results, and they finally happened. I\u2019ve got to pick it up in the new year and be in the same mindset and keep chipping away at good results, hopefully wins.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that\u2019s how you have the confidence to know when it comes time at the Masters or the US Open, or any of them, that you really are going to have a chance to contend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott has now won back-to-back events at Cathedral, having held off Cam Smith in the first year and Leishman last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is beautiful here. This really is Australia, and I don\u2019t get to spend enough time in Australia, so waking up here a couple of mornings a year is so good,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe golf is the golf, but I just think it\u2019s a magic place.\u201d<\/p>\n
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