{"id":866093,"date":"2026-08-24T00:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/866093\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T00:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:34:14","slug":"great-adam-scott-aussies-still-going-strong-as-wyndham-clark-wins-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/866093\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Adam Scott, Aussie&#8217;s still going strong as Wyndham Clark wins \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Photo: AP PHOTO] Evergreen Aussie golfer Adam Scott closed with a three-under-par 67 to finish tied for 16th place.<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.aap.com.au\/search\/20260821189015871821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adam Scott has displayed his enduring class once more to qualify for golf\u2019s lucrative Tour Championship at age 46.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As American Wyndham Clark held off superstar Rory McIlroy to claim the PGA Tour\u2019s second and penultimate play-off event in Missouri, Scott sealed \u00a0his place at the season-ending showpiece with his own brilliant final round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a day of tough scoring at the Bellerive Country Club, Scott closed with a three-under-par 67 to finish in a tie for 16th at six under.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiangolfdigest.com.au\/fexex-cup-2026-here-are-the-top-30-players-who-qualified-for-the-tour-championship-and-notables-who-missed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FedEx Cup 2026: Here are the 30 players who qualified for the Tour Championship (and notables who missed)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787531652_13_.jpeg\" alt=\"Rory McIlroy took the challenge right up to Wyndham Clark\"\/>Rory McIlroy took the challenge right up to Wyndham Clark before finishing in third place. (AP PHOTO)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scott, who is 28th in the FedEx standings, will join fellow Australian Min Woo Lee in the hunt for the $US10 million winner\u2019s cheque at next week\u2019s season-ending championship in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former world No.1 will be contesting his 14th Tour Championship, 20 years after winning one of golf\u2019s most prestigious trophies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lee will be making his Tour Championship debut after qualifying for the elite 30-man field in 20th position in the season-long points race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 28-year-old tied for 47th in St Louis at two over after posting a final-round 71 as Clark held his nerve down the stretch to claim the spoils.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After starting the day with a five-stroke buffer, the two-time US Open champion relinquished his huge lead with three bogeys in his first 10 holes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787531654_887_.jpeg\" alt=\"American Wyndham Clark\"\/>American Wyndham Clark recovered from a rough start to claim a three-shot win in St Louis. (AP PHOTO)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he steadied with birdies on 16 and 17 as McIlroy\u2019s challenge ended with a gut-wrenching bogey six on the second-last hole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a final-round 70, Clark won by three shots at 17 under, with fellow American Patrick Cantlay (68) snatching second.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McIlroy (69) was solo third at 13 under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Photo: AP PHOTO] Evergreen Aussie golfer Adam Scott closed with a three-under-par 67 to finish tied for 16th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[5487,64,63,32034,755,5488,64382,756,85,42336,6959],"class_list":["post-866093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-adam-scott","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bmw-championship","tag-golf","tag-min-woo-lee","tag-patrick-cantlay","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-sports","tag-tour-championship","tag-wyndham-clark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866093","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=866093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}