Adam Scott saluted for honest moment at key US Open stage that leaves commentator revelling at Aussie's class
Australian star displayed his quality style with a free-drop move at Oakmont
Quality Adam Scott displayed his class with an impressive gesture at a key stage of his bid for the US Open crown.
The Australian ace was put into a drop situation next to the fourth green when his second shot to the par-five nestled beside a sprinkler head.
Under rules, Scott was able to move the ball a full club length away from where it orginally finished to get clear of the obstruction.
The 44-year-old is one of the players on the Tour scene who uses a long-handled broom-style putter and the option was there for him to use it to get the ball as far away from the collar of rough near the edge of the green as possible ahead of his drop.
However, due to the fact not everyone in the field uses a long putter and many have a conventional shorter stick, Scott resisted that option and instead took the driver out from his bag to use as the measurement for the club length before taking his drop.
Ex- Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley, who now works as a TV analyst for Sky and the Golf Channel immediately noted the move and said: 'See, that's good.
'That's the classy guy that he is. He won't use the long putter to take the drop. He is using one what everybody else has and that's the length of a driver. That's a good touch of class there from him.'
Scott was almost rewarded for the touch as, when he finally took the putt for his eagle, he shaved the hole having felt it was in. The birdie was duly tapped into the cup as the Adelaide moved closer to leader Sam Burns during the front nine of the final round.
Scott's class and longevity have marked him out as one of the most popular golfers on the circuit for two decades and he is currently taking part in his 96th-straight Major championship having started the sequence back in 2001 at The Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes.
He had one major on the CV going into the final round at Oakmont with a Masters win 12 years ago and confessed a second would put a seal onto his incredible career.
Prior to the final 18 holes, he said: 'It would be super fulfilling.
'Everyone out here has got their journey, Putting ourselves in these positions doesn't just happen by fluke. It's not easy to do it.
'I really haven't been in this kind of position for five or six years or feeling like I'm that player.
'But that's what I'm always working towards. It's not that easy to figure it all out. But if I were to come away with it, it would be a hell of a round of golf and an exclamation point on my career.
'I'm playing good, so there's no reason not to.'
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