{"id":640519,"date":"2026-04-30T12:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/640519\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:14:26","slug":"adam-scott-reflects-on-the-dominance-of-rory-mcilroy-and-scottie-scheffler-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/640519\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Scott reflects on the dominance of Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Photo: Mike Hadnett\/Golf Australia]<\/p>\n

They stand as the two biggest hurdles in Adam Scott\u2019s bid for a second major championship.<\/p>\n

Between them, Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler have claimed four of the past five majors. Following McIlroy\u2019s second Masters win, the pair now share 10 major titles.<\/p>\n

Scheffler has won four of those in the past five seasons, while McIlroy\u2019s six stretch back to 2011. Their dominance echoes Tiger Woods\u2019 early years at the start of Scott\u2019s career in 2000.<\/p>\n

Now closing in on 100 consecutive major starts, Scott remains driven to win again rather than simply extend his streak.<\/p>\n

Related: Is this the end of the line for Dustin Johnson\u2019s impressive majors streak?<\/a><\/p>\n

To do so, the 45-year-old must find a way to beat two generational players who win in very different styles.<\/p>\n

Scott played alongside McIlroy for the opening two rounds of the 2025 Australian Open and has watched his evolution closely. He believes the Northern Irishman\u2019s willingness to show more vulnerability has played a key role in his resurgence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he said it directly led to him winning the Masters last year, but putting himself out there and being prepared to fail a bit more is what impresses me about him,\u201d Scott said ahead of this week\u2019s Cadillac Championship in Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way he\u2019s able to take his lumps, but he also gets some big highs as well. Obviously, he\u2019s so talented, so the ceiling of his golf is really high. But I think that\u2019s gutsy to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scheffler presents a different challenge entirely, with Scott admiring the American\u2019s composure and precision during a practice round at Augusta National.<\/p>\n

Related: Skippin\u2019 Rory, duellin\u2019 Cam and Scottie and the Alex Fitzpatrick encore: 10 things for the Cadillac Championship<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s so good, so controlled with his shots that he can kind of pick the course apart,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like how I imagine Nick Faldo played, but a modern version of that. And I mean that all in positive ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was watching him even practising and chipping. It\u2019s very strategic. It seemed like he had all his bases covered and can pick the course apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott, who turns 46 in July, is still chasing his first win in more than six years.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s return of the PGA Tour to the Blue Monster at Trump National Doral carries added significance, with Scott having won there previously when it was a World Golf Championships event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still feel like I can play at a high level, but I\u2019m looking to lift the ceiling a little bit and get in there and win again,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe the good vibes here from 10 years ago will help me this week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Round 1 tee times AEST<\/p>\n

PGA TOUR
Cadillac Championship
Trump National Doral (Blue Monster), Miami, Florida
1 am Adam Scott
1:30 am Min Woo Lee
2:25 am Ryan Fox (NZ)
4:45 am Jason Day<\/p>\n

Recent champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
TV times: Live 10:30 pm-9 am Thursday; Live 10:55 pm-9 am Friday; Live 11 pm-8 am Saturday; Live 10 pm-8 am Sunday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n

LPGA Tour
Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba
El Camaleon Golf Course at Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
11pm*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hira Naveed
11:24 pm Gabriela Ruffels
11:48 pm Sarah Kemp
3am*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Su Oh
4:12am*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Robyn Choi<\/p>\n

Recent champion: Chizzy Iwai
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prizemoney: $US2.5m
TV times: Live 12am-3am Friday on Fox Sports 506; Live 12am-3am Saturday; Live 6:30am-9:30am Sunday on Fox Sports 507; Live 2am-5am Monday on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n

DP World Tour
Turkish Airlines Open
National GC, Belek, Antalya, Turkey
2:55pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jason Scrivener
3:25pm*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David Micheluzzi
3:35pm*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Connor McKinney
4:05pm*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jack Buchanan
7:50pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Daniel Hillier (NZ)
8pm*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kazuma Kobori (NZ)
8:10pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Elvis Smylie
9pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anthony Quayle
9:30pm*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ryan Peake<\/p>\n

Recent champion: Martin Couvra
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prizemoney: $US2.75m
TV times: Live 8pm-1am Thursday, Friday; Live 8:45pm-1am Saturday; Live 8pm-1am Sunday on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n

Ladies European Tour
MCB Ladies Classic \u2013 Mauritius
Constance Belle Mare Plage (The Legend Course), Mauritius
Australasians in the field: Kirsten Rudgeley, Amelia Garvey (NZ), Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Justice Bosio, Momoka Kobori (NZ)<\/p>\n

Recent champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prizemoney: \u20ac400,000
TV times: Live 8pm-11pm Friday on Fox Sports 506; Live 8pm-11pm Saturday; Live 7pm-10pm Sunday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n

PGA TOUR Champions
Regions Tradition
Greystone G&CC, Birmingham, Alabama
1:10am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steve Allan
1:21am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Michael Wright
1:32am*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Greg Chalmers
1:54am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Senden
2:16am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Scott Hend
2:16am*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cameron Percy, Richard Green
2:38am*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stuart Appleby
3am*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rod Pampling
3:22am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steven Alker (NZ)<\/p>\n

Recent champion: Angel Cabrera
Past Aussie winners: Graham Marsh (1999)
TV times: Live 2am-5am Friday, Saturday on Fox Sports 505; 10am-11:30am Sunday, Monday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n

Asian Tour\/Korean PGA Tour
45th GS Caltex Maekyung Open Golf Championship
Namseoul Country Club, Korea
7:41am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maverick Antcliff
8:03am*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Danny Lee (NZ)
1:03pm*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kevin Yuan, Junseok Lee
1:14pm*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Denzel Ieremia (NZ)
1:25pm*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jack Thompson
1:36pm*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jed Morgan
1:58pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nick Voke (NZ)<\/p>\n

Recent champion: Mun Do-yeob
Past Aussie winners: Mike Clayton (1984)
Prizemoney: KRW1.3b
TV times: Live 2pm-6pm Thursday, Friday on Fox Sports 503; Live 1pm-4:30pm Saturday on Fox Sports 505; Live 1pm-5pm Sunday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n

Epson Tour
Carlisle Arizona Women\u2019s Golf Classic
TPC Scottsdale (Champions Cse), Scottsdale, Arizona
12am*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jess Whitting
1:50am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fiona Xu (NZ)
5:34am*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Caitlin Peirce
5:56am*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jennifer Elliott<\/p>\n

Recent champion: Sophia Popov
Past Aussie winners: Gabriela Ruffels (2023)
Prizemoney: $US400,000<\/p>\n

Japan Golf Tour
Chunichi Crowns
Nagoya Golf Club (Wago Cse), Aichi
9:10am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Michael Hendry (NZ)
1:10pm*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brad Kennedy<\/p>\n

Recent champion: Yosuke Asaji
Past Aussie winners: David Graham (1976), Graham Marsh (1977, 1981), Greg Norman (1989), Peter Senior (1993), Roger Mackay (1994), Brendan Jones (2011)
Prizemoney: \u00a5110m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Photo: Mike Hadnett\/Golf Australia] They stand as the two biggest hurdles in Adam Scott\u2019s bid for a second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[5487,64,63,29976,755,265322,1745,130098,1747,63841,756,1657,85],"class_list":["post-640519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-adam-scott","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-golf","tag-golf","tag-golf-majors","tag-golf-news","tag-masters-tournament","tag-pga-tour","tag-professional-golf","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}