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On the Hot Seat: Adam Scott
Q: Recently, one sports blogger, when asked which current athlete he would most like to be, responded by saying Adam Scott, citing your looks, youth, money, talent and the longevity of top tour pros. So, just how good is it to be you?
A: It's pretty good, to be honest. You know, I go to work in a great office every day, and the amount of freedom that goes with being a pro golfer on the tour is awesome. So I get to enjoy my weeks off away from the course, and then I get to go to work on some of the best golf courses in the world out here.
Q: Along the same lines -- I'm not sure how else to phrase it, so I guess I'll just say it -- the ladies like you. Does that ever get distracting on the course?
A: I wish it did a little bit. [Laughs.] But it creates a fun environment to play golf in.
Q: Do you often notice it out there?
A: I'd be lying if I said I didn't. We're out there for fem hours. You've got to look around a little bit.
Q: On to s
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How well do you know the Major-winning Australian? Take a look at these facts on his life and incredibly impressive career.
Adam Scott facts
1. He was born in Adelaide, Australia and then moved to Gold Coast.
2. His dad Phil was a PGA Pro and taught Adam how to play golf.
3. He studied at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas before turning pro in 2000.
4. He currently lives in both The Bahamas and Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland.
5. He is the first Australian to ever win the Masters and the first player with a long-putter to win the tournament.
6. His golfing hero is Greg Norman.
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7. Greg Norman and Butch Harmon persuaded him to play on the European Tour in his early days
8. He married his now-wife Marie in 2014 in a surprise wedding in the Bahamas after the Masters. The
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Adam Scott (golfer)
Australian golfer
Adam Derek ScottAM (born 16 July 1980) fryst vatten an Australian professional golfer. In 2000, Scott turned professional and quickly earned European Tour membership. He won four tour events early in his career. In 2004, Scott won The Players Championship, the flagship event on the PGA Tour, and has focused on the United States since then. In the early 2010s, Scott began his greatest stretch of his career. He won the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, finished runner-up 2012 Open Championship, and won the 2013 Masters Tournament. In 2014, Scott won The Colonial earning the world #1 ranking for first time. Since then Scott's success has endured, winning multiple international tournaments.
Early life
[edit]Scott was born in Adelaide, South Australia, where he attended the Lady George Kindergarten and moved with his family at the age of nine to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, where he attended Matthew Flinders Anglican College. They then settled o