Masters winner shows true colours after blowing do or die mission and chance to win £7.8m
The 2013 Masters winner, Adam Scott, tied for 55th at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday, ending his hopes of qualifying for the FedExCup Playoffs. This rules Scott out of competing for the Tour Championship's top £7.8million prize.
Cameron Young became the 1,000th unique PGA Tour winner over the weekend with a six-shot victory in North Carolina, as the Tour's regular season came to an end. The top 70 golfers in the standings now move on to the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first of three playoff events.
Alas, Green Jacket-owner Scott will be absent after describing the Wyndham as a 'do or die' tournament and performing sub-par, removing himself from the Tour Championship equation.
With the 70-player post-season field now set, the FedEx St. Jude will cut this figure down to 50 based on standings. These stars will all move on to the BMW Championship in mid-August.
This second of three playoff events will reduce the number of participants to 30 for the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta on August 21. All who make the final field will also automatically qualify for the eight signature events on Tour next term.
Scott will not be one of the golfers vying for that £7.8m winner's prize, however, after his tied 55th-placed finish on Sunday meant he ended the regular season placed 90th.
On the back of this disappointment, the 45-year-old took to social media and showed his true character with a positive and optimistic message.
"Didn't quite make the playoff push I was hoping for, but grateful for the journey and more motivated than ever," he wrote. "Back to the grind and eyes on the next one. See you at the BMW PGA Championship in September!"
As per this post, it appears Scott will next be seen at the BMW PGA Championship in England next month, not to be confused with the playoff BMW Championship taking place in Maryland on August 14.
Like Scott, current Masters holder Rory McIlroy will be absent in Memphis this week, though this is because of the Northern Irishman's preference.
McIlroy, who sits comfortably at No. 2 in the current FedExCup standings behind a dominant Scottie Scheffler, struggled at the event last year and revealed in November that he would be skipping it for 2025.
"There's a few tournaments that I played this year that I don't usually play and that I might not play next year," McIlroy told the Telegraph. "Like, I played the Cognizant [Classic] in Palm Beach Gardens, [the Texas Open in] San Antonio and the [RBC Heritage in] Hilton Head.
"And I'll probably not play the first playoff event in Memphis. I mean, I finished basically dead last there this year [tied for 68], and only moved down one spot in the playoff standings."
World No. 1 Scheffler will be present at this first of three playoff events, which will mark his return after his stunning victory at The Open last month.
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