Adam Scott has admitted that he didn’t think his achievement of reaching World No.1 was possible because of the dominance of Tiger Woods.
The Australian spent 11 weeks at the summit from May that year and admitted the achievement was the realisation of a dream having grown up watching compatriot Greg Norman dominate the position.
Scott, who will play in this week’s Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club, said: “It’s a big moment, for sure, to know that you are the best player in the world. It’s childhood dreams come true. They were my dreams as a kid, watching Norman be No.1 and wanting to aspire to that myself.”
However, by the time Scott had made his first appearance in the world’s top 10, in 2004, Tiger Woods was firmly established as the standout player of the era, and his dominance is something Scott feels could have scuppered his chances of reaching the top.
He continued: “The reality of turning pro a couple years after Tiger Woods really felt like for a decade that dream was gone and not even possible. You know, timing ended up working out for me and I played my best golf a little later into my career and managed to find myself at No.1.”
The biggest win of Scott’s career came a year before he made it to the top of the world rankings, with victory in The Masters at Augusta National. That was enough to take him to third in the world, and after a strong run, he entered 2014 in second.
A finish of 38th in The Players Championship finally saw him take the top spot from Woods on 18 May for the spell that included a win in the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, and he admitted it had been the culmination of plenty of hard work.
He continued: “I won a tournament as No.1 in the world. You know, it’s a really fun time to look back on and also to see like a few years of good play that it took to get there, it wasn’t just overnight.”
Adam Scott won the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial while World No.1
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Scott, who heads into this week’s tournament as World No.39, also insisted his game’s not too far off what it was back then. He said: “I think top level professional sport and golf, everything…
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