Adam Scott (born June 16, 1980 in Adelaide, Australia), is a professional golfer and one of a crop of young Australians plying their trade on the major golf tours. As of March 2005 he is one of only two golfers younger than Tiger Woods who have made the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings, the other being Sergio Garcia, and thus has one of the most promising careers in men's golf.

Scott's good looks and Aussie charm have contributed to his popularity on tour, and placed him much in demand from corporate sponsors. He is often talked of as a natural successor to Greg Norman in Australian golf, an impression reinforced when Norman's former caddy joined up with Scott in 2004.

His playing career took off in 2001, his first full year as a professional golfer, when he won the European Tour's Alfred Dunhill Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa. The following year he recorded two further European Tour victories, at the Qatar Masters and the Diageo Scottish PGA Championship.

2003 saw another European win in the Carlsberg Scandinavian Masters. and his first win on the US PGA Tour, at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Further PGA Tour successes followed in 2004 at The Players Championship and the Booz Allen Classic. Early in 2005 he won the Nissan Open and reached the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time.

Scott represented Australia in the WGC-World Cup in 2002 and was a member of the International Team in the 2003 Presidents Cup.

Scott's swing is uncannily similar to Tiger Woods' swing. If one saw both of them from afar, each swinging a golf club, chances are it would be difficult to distinguish the two.

Professional wins

PGA Tour

• 2003 Deutsche Bank Championship
• 2004 THE PLAYERS Championship, Booz Allen Classic
• 2005 Nissan Open

Other

• 2001 Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship (Sunshine Tour)
• 2002 Qatar Masters (PGA European Tour), Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship (European Tour)
• 2003 Scandic Carlsberg Scandinavian Masters (European Tour)

External links

• Adam Scott's official site
• Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
• GSO: Adam Scott Directory of interviews, sites and feature articles with or about Adam Scott