FORT WORTH: Australia’s Adam Scott tees it up at the US PGA Tour’s Colonial this week still getting used to his status as the world’s top-ranked golfer.
“It’s quite incredible really, to sit here as the number one golfer in the world,” Scott said yesterday, days after he officially overhauled US superstar Tiger Woods in the world golf rankings.
“I probably downplayed the rankings for the last two months, maybe trying to take some pressure off myself and just play golf.
“I think Monday morning when it was official, maybe I had a better sense of the achievement in becoming number one ... It’s an amazing accomplishment for me.”
Scott’s tenure at the top could be short-lived, however, as both Sweden’s world number three Henrik Stenson and number four Matt Kuchar of the United States have a chance to get to the top this week should the Aussie falter.
Stenson is playing this week in the European PGA Championship at Wentworth, while Kuchar is at Colonial. “I’m going to have to work pretty hard to stay on top, but a part of coming here this week was to play as the number one golfer in the world and enjoy it, at least for a week. From there, we’ll see what happens.”
Scott added: “I think I just need to get on with playing golf.”
Scott led the Arnold Palmer Invitational by a record seven strokes through 36 holes.
Now he’s back at Colonial for the first time since 2011, hoping not only to extend his run atop the rankings but also to get his game in shape for the US Open in June.
With a victory in the $6.4m tournament the 33-year-old Aussie could add an unprecedented item to his resume: a career sweep of all of the US PGA Tour titles in Texas.
He won the Houston Open in 2007, the Byron Nelson Championship in 2009 and the Texas Open in 2010.AFP
