{"id":860356,"date":"2026-08-19T03:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860356\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T03:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:32:19","slug":"adam-scott-is-ready-to-resume-open-rivalry-with-rory-mcilroy-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860356\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Scott is ready to resume Open rivalry with Rory McIlroy \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Scott is set to renew his Australian Open rivalry with Rory McIlroy after confirming he\u2019ll tee up in both the national championship and the Australian PGA..<\/p>\n<p>Loyal to his home tour throughout his long career, former world No.1 Scott will seek to win the Joe Kirkwood Cup for a third time when the Australian PGA returns to Sydney at The Lakes from November 26-29.<\/p>\n<p>A week later he\u2019ll join marquee signing McIlroy at Kingston Heath in Melbourne when he chases a second Australian Open title \u2013 and possibly also some sweet revenge on the Northern Irishman.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787110338_356_.jpeg\" alt=\"scott\"\/>A veteran of more than 20 Australian Opens, Adam Scott remains a huge drawcard on home soil. (James Ross\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy famously denied Scott at the 2013 Australian Open, when the Australian was at the peak of his powers, having won his historic Masters title in April.<\/p>\n<p>Scott had put himself on the brink of the coveted Australian triple crown as he took a four-shot lead into the Open final round after winning the Australian PGA and Masters.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a painful memory for Scott and his legion of home fans that he bogeyed the final hole while McIlroy birdied to win by a shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787110339_228_.jpeg\" alt=\"ddd\"\/>Rory McIlroy got the better of Adam Scott at the 2013 Australian Open at Royal Sydney. (Paul Miller\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n<p>There would be some nice symmetry if 46-year-old Scott were to turn the tables at Kingston Heath this summer as McIlroy is himself coming off a Masters triumph \u2013 his second consecutive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always loved playing the Australian Open,\u201d said 2009 champion Scott. \u201cIt has so much incredible history and is a tournament every Australian golfer holds in such high regard. It\u2019s a title we all want to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKingston Heath is a special place and will be an amazing challenge. It\u2019s a course where strategy and patience are rewarded, so it\u2019ll be really exciting to see how some of the world\u2019s best take it on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott was not far off at the Australian Open last year, finishing fifth, four shots behind winner Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen at Royal Melbourne, when Masters champion McIlroy was a further four shot back and tied 14th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Scott is set to renew his Australian Open rivalry with Rory McIlroy after confirming he\u2019ll tee up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[5487,64,63,6571,430219,755,325134,756,85,660],"class_list":["post-860356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-adam-scott","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-open","tag-domestic-sport","tag-golf","tag-kingston-heath-golf-club","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-sports","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860356","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=860356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}