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Scott chases so-called Triple Crown
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Adam Scott is on a roll.
In the past three weeks he has won the Australian PGA and Australian Masters. Last week he teamed with Jason Day to win the World Cup for Australia.
Today, Scott begins his attempt to complete the so-called Triple Crown of Australian majors by winning the Australian Open at Royal Sydney.
“I’m excited about this week, with the chance to win the Triple Crown,” he said after yesterday’s pro-am. “I did roll a few in on the back nine. To see a few going in in the pro-am is always good... you set the tone for the week.”
It’s Scott’s first trip back Down Under — four tournaments in four weeks — since he became the first Australian to win the US Masters at Augusta in April.
Robert Allenby in 2005 is the only player to have won the Australian Masters, Australian PGA and Australian Open in the same season.
Former Australian Open champion Craig Parry is among a group of players including Greg Norman, Peter Lonard and defending champion Peter Senior to have won all three Australian majors, but Parry did it over 15 years.
“It’s hard enough to win once, let alone the next week and now he’s trying to win the Australian Open — and that’s the big one,” Parry said. “Just the history of it, the great names that have won it, the mystique.”
Gary Player won the Australian Open seven times, Jack Nicklaus six and Norman five times.
Scott’s other major threat is Rory McIlroy, who yesterday admitted “it’s been a long year, mentally more than physically.”
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