Sunday, August 7, 2011

Great Scott


And with that, Stevie Williams helps a 30-something golfer to a dominating and flawless victory at Firestone for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Except this time, it isn't Tiger Woods. It's Adam Scott.

The Adam Scott who, up until this year, HATED putting inside from 10 feet. The Adam Scott who changed caddies from Tony Navarro to Stevie W. The Adam Scott who is starting to show all the talent he flashed at the world about 8 years ago.

Adam has definitely been reborn this year, with a runner up at Augusta National and an elite performance at this week's PGA Tour event. His putting looks reinvigorated, and his caddie situation seems extremely stable now. The swing still looks amazing, and the potential remains sky-high.

He owned a field that is arguably one of the best in golf, by 4 shots. His 65 on Sunday was very impressive, considering it took him a little while to get things going (in terms of birdies). He was also in the top 5 in putts per GIR; a key stat for the pros and a big stat for him considering he's had struggles with the putter his entire career.

Regardless of what his caddie said post-round (and we'll get to that later), this was a GREAT win for Adam. A player with this much talent is now going to be considered a big favorite heading into next week's PGA Championship, the last major of the year. It is well deserved, and let's see how he'll do.

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