Inside Adam Scott's incredible 96 in a row numbers as golf star eyes Major No 2
Brilliant Australian sublime again as he hears 100-straight Majors
Awesome Adam Scott insists it's no fluke to be in the US Open mix during the latest charge of his remarkable Major sequence.
The Adelaide ace is on the brink of a cherished second big one at Oakmont as he sits just one shot behind leader Sam Burns with 18 holes to go.
Incredibly, Scott is playing in his 96th consecutive Major championship in a stretch which dates back to The Open at 2001 at Royal Lytham and St Annes.
During this period, he has won the Masters in 2013, finished in the top 10 on 20 occasions and has made the cut in 72 of the 95 majors in which he's competed.
Scott's number of successive Major outings is almost double that of next best Jordan Spieth amongst the current crop of players and getting over the line would be special and not happen by accident.
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.
'I'm playing from the fairway a lot. I've played fairly conservative,and I haven't really been forcing the issue much. Could be a different story [on Sunday]. A lot can happen in 18 holes out here. But I like what I've done so far.'
Scott, whose best previous US Open finish was 10 years ago at Chambers Bay when Spieth won, has coped superbly day-to-day with changing conditions and challenges and was at it again during the Saturday round which has set him up for the final push.
He said: 'It was like a readjustment. Obviously it was softer and controlling spin to some pins was very difficult. But I just tried not to force anything. I played safe shots and accepted I wasn't going to finish next to the hole when it wasn't dialled in, like on the 18th. I had not a really good number and I had to throw it out to the right. I had a terrible shot, but I hit it out to the right just not to miss it left and I think I've managed it well.
'I don't know about the yardage books, but I would say I was less overwhelmed coming to Oakmont this time and that's not a knock on the golf course, but maybe just a couple trips around the U.S. Open here, I knew what to expect.'
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