Adam Scott’s Painful Near Miss That Still Fuels His Fire
When you listen to Adam Scott talk about the 2013 Australian Open, you can still hear the sting in his voice. It’s been more than a decade, but that final-hole heartbreak at Royal Sydney hasn’t faded. In fact, it’s doing the opposite — it’s pushing him harder than ever as he chases a long-awaited second Australian Open title.
Back in 2013, Scott was riding one of the greatest waves of his career. Just seven months earlier, he had slipped on the iconic green jacket at Augusta National, becoming Australia’s first and only Masters champion. That victory had felt like the crowning achievement of a dream season. And the momentum didn’t stop there. Scott went on to win both the Australian PGA and the Australian Masters, setting up what could have been an unbelievable triple crown.
His Australian Open campaign that year began almost unrealistically well. He opened with six straight birdies, closed with four more, and walked off with a dazzling 10-under 62 — a course record that had everyone buzzing. It looked as though nothing could derail him. Three days later, he held a four-shot lead over Rory McIlroy heading into the final round, playing the kind of golf that made him seem untouchable.
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But golf is cruel like that.
On championship Sunday, everything hinged on the very last hole. All Scott needed was a solid finish. Instead, a small misstep — the kind that happens even to the greats under pressure — left him in a tricky position around the green. He bogeyed. McIlroy, right beside him, sensed the opening and poured in a birdie putt to snatch the trophy away. Scott later summed it up simply: it “just slipped away so quickly.”
Now, at 45, Scott is back chasing the one title he wants desperately to win again. His lone Australian Open victory came in 2009, and he knows that lifting the trophy at Royal Melbourne — a venue that hasn’t hosted the national open since 1991 — would carry a special kind of weight.
This year, the storyline gets even more interesting. Scott and McIlroy will be paired together for the first two rounds, alongside Min Woo Lee. It’s a reunion of a rivalry that still lingers in the memories of golf fans. Scott isn’t dwelling on revenge, though. He’s focused on playing clean golf, limiting mistakes, and trusting his experience on one of Australia’s most iconic courses.
He knows the birdies will be needed. He knows the pressure will be real. But he also knows that if he can just give himself a chance coming down the stretch, he’s got nothing to lose — and everything to gain.
And maybe, just maybe, a painful memory from 2013 can finally be replaced with a sweeter one.
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