In by the skin of his teeth: Adam Scott keeps his record streak in majors alive
Australian Adam Scott is going to make the US Open field after all, keeping his major championship streak alive.
Adam Scott, of Australia, celebrates after a birdie putt on the 18th green during the fourth round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 14, 2013, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Five days after losing a playoff in Columbus, Ohio, in a qualifier, Scott is in position to get a spot from the world rankings to play at Pinehurst No.2 and extend his major streak to 92.
The top 60 in the ranking get starts at Pinehurst in the major that begins on Thursday (early Friday AEST).
Although Scott, a member at Brisbane’s Royal Queensland Golf Club, was expected to drop from 60th to 61st in the rankings this week, he would still get in at No.61 because the late Grayson Murray is still ranked.
Murray, who died by suicide on May 25, was No. 61 this week, and given the rolling two-year formula, he could climb back into the top 60.
Scott has played in every major since the 2001 British Open. The 43-year-old Australian won the 2013 Masters.
The next longest major streak among active players in 44 by American Jordan Spieth.
Tiger Woods’ record is 46 in a row.
Last week fellow Australian Cam Davis beat Scott on the third hole of a playoff during a long day of US Open qualifying.
