Adam Scott takes third spot in the AT&T National
The Australian Adam Scott fired a four-under par 67 in the final round of the AT&T National, at the Congressional Country Club, to take the third spot on the leaderboard, on Sunday, July 1, 2012.
Scott started off in style and carded five birdies between the third and the eighth hole to go six-under for the round through the front nine.
That was a time when he had a great chance to make a good move on the back nine too to record the first victory of his 2012 PGA Tour campaign.
However, he slowed down and suffered two consecutive bogeys on the 14th and 15th hole that spoiled his chances in the event.
“Going to the 10th tee, I had the opportunity to post a number with a really good back nine, but I just didn't hit good enough shots overall on the back nine,” he said.
“12 through 16 was really scrappy golf, and I did well only to drop a couple shots,” he said. “It was a little disappointing in that respect, but I got half of what I needed to do, and it's a work in progress”.
Yet, he managed to record another birdie of the round on the 17th hole to move one ahead of Robert Garrigus, Jhonattan Vegas, Seung-Yul Noh and Billy Hurley III, all of whom tied for the fourth position in the end.
According to him, he played good golf in the final three rounds of the event. However, he missed the chance of a win just because of the poor round on day one that saw him score a four-over par 75.
Otherwise, he could have given a tough time to his rivals with the pace he started off his game on the final day.
He said that he needs to play a consistent game throughout four rounds in each of the tournaments that he plays. Otherwise, gaining a victory will be a difficult task to achieve on a tour like PGA.
“Good to play well the last three days,” he said. “The story of my year; I need to try and play well for four days”.
In the meantime, Tiger Woods carded a two-under par 69 to record a two-stroke victory over Bo Van Pelt. It was Woods’ 74th victory on the PGA Tour, the second most by any player in the history of golf.
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