{"id":22899,"date":"2017-02-23T07:32:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T07:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=22899"},"modified":"2017-02-23T07:32:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T07:32:10","slug":"change-scenery-adam-scott-comfortable-ready-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/change-scenery-adam-scott-comfortable-ready-compete.html","title":{"rendered":"Change of scenery has Adam Scott comfortable, ready to compete"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tChange of scenery has Adam Scott comfortable, ready to compete<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tChange of scenery has Adam Scott comfortable, ready to compete:-<\/strong> Seems all Adam Scott needed was a change of scenery to see a change in his game.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn his first start on the PGA Tour this year, Scott had a so-so time at Riviera Country Club north of Los Angeles in last week’s Genesis Open. His usually stellar tee-to-green was a tad wayward as he knocked off some rust following a refreshing break from the game. While he still managed a tie for 11th, Scott wasn’t pleased when he left one of his favorite venues in the world, labeling his outing as “good and bad.”<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHis mood, however, perked up as soon as he stepped onto the grounds here at the PGA National Resort & Spa. It was here, after all, that he won last year’s Honda Classic, holding off Sergio Garcia and holding up against a wind-swept and hazard-filled Champion Course for a one-shot victory. The win was the first of a two-week Florida blitz for the 13-time PGA Tour winner as he captured the following week’s World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at Doral.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tGood memories from last year,” Scott said Wednesday after his pro-am round. “Some of my best golf I've ever played … was here last year. So as soon as I stepped on a few tees, I've seen a few better shots than I've been watching last week. Just got that good feeling coming back and I'm quite happy with where things sit after last week.”<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tScott, 36, also saw a good many nice shots on the practice range as he ironed out a few deficiencies in his game, especially with his driver.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“I'm not the straightest driver of the golf ball but I normally hit my fair share, and I didn't last week, and that made it pretty hard to score around Riviera,” he said. “My score was pretty good considering I felt I hit the ball well below par for me. It was just some alignment stuff, basic things, angles, dangles, all that, so they are straightened out.”<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe world No. 7, however, didn’t enjoy seeing every tee during his practice round and the pro-am. Then again, there aren’t many players who like to gaze at the Bear Trap – a three-hole stretch of mean starting on the 15th. Last year, Scott made a quadruple-bogey 7 on the par-3 15th in the third round as he deposited two balls into the water hazard guarding the green.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBut he managed to shoot a 4-under-par 66 that day and then became the next day the first PGA Tour winner to make a quadruple bogey since Phil Mickelson in 2009.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“There’s no room for error,” Scott said of the Bear Trap.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWith his swing back on plane, Scott, as has been the case the past six years, is presently eying the Masters. After racking up 11 top-10s in the majors from 2011-2015, including capturing his lone major title in the 2013 Masters, his best finish last year in the game’s four biggest events was a tie for 18th in the PGA Championship. That pushed Scott to change his schedule this year as he will play the week prior to each of the majors.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThat means he’ll play this week’s Honda Classic, next week’s WGC-Mexico Championship and the Shell Houston Open the week prior to driving down Magnolia Lane. It’s not a tiring schedule, which is exactly the way Scott wants it to be.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“A big focus for me obviously is the majors, and I think I'll be very fresh when I get to Augusta,” he said. “But there's an important stretch of June through August, as well, which is months away, and a lot of golf before we get there and I want to make sure I'm fresh for that.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“For me, taking that significant break away is important, so that I can stay fresh. I don't know whether that means I'm old and not that fresh anymore but I think it's important for me to do that, and it's got some results in the past. With a few little modifications this year, I'm looking forward to getting some better results again.”<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/2017\/02\/22\/adam-scott-pga-national-honda-classic\/98268706\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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