Adam Scott impresses in US Open warm-up
Adam Scott – file photo PGA of America
Adam Scott might not have contended for the Memorial Tournament’s first prize in Dublin, Ohio, this week but by finishing inside the top ten (9th) he has completed his final tournament preparations for the US Open beginning on June 15th in excellent style and heads to the Los Angeles Country Club with his game in good shape.
Scott’s final round of 71 on a demanding Muirfield Village layout saw the 42 year old improve 23 places to finish just five shots from the playoff between Viktor Hovland and Denny McCarthy, Hovland winning with a par at the first extra hole.
Scott will play his 22nd US Open but has only three top tens to his name, the best of those when 4th behind Jordan Spieth at Chambers Bay in 2015.
Ryan Fox, playing in his first PGA Tour event with special temporary membership, was the only other Australasian to make the cut and finished 30th after a final round of 70. Fox has shown in his few starts on the PGA Tour in 2023 that he can look forward to a bright future in the US.
Like, Scott, Fox’s next start will be at the US Open which he will play for the 5th occasion having a best of 41st in 2018.
This week’s winner, Hovland continued an impressive run of form of late having finished 7th at the Masters and runner-up at the recent PGA Championship, suggesting he will be quite a force at the US Open.
Hovland’s win was his 6th victory on the PGA Tour.
