Adam Scott out ‘to get outcomes’ at Butterfield Bermuda Championship

For the primary time since 2013, Adam Scott is again in Bermuda.

He’s there to compete within the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, the penultimate occasion of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall schedule.

The Aussie wants all of the FedEx Cup factors he can get, as he presently ranks eighty fifth within the standings. These gamers ranked between 51st and sixtieth on the finish of the FedEx Cup Fall obtain invites to the primary two ‘Signature Occasions’ of the 2024 PGA Tour season. The AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am and the Genesis Invitational hosted by Tiger Woods are the primary two signature occasions subsequent yr.

Ought to Scott win this week, he’ll obtain 500 FedEx Cup factors, which might vault him into the highest 60, and into these two marquee tournaments.

However regardless that he’s presently on the skin trying in, Scott has performed higher than what his FedEx Cup rating signifies.

“I really feel like I’ve performed pretty stable all yr and never received outcomes,” Scott stated Tuesday.

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“I’m not going to get outcomes being on the sofa at residence. It could be good to get a end result happening the PGA Tour earlier than subsequent season begins and attempt to enhance my standings and get a place in a few these signature occasions.”

Certainly, the 43-year-old Scott completed within the high 10 4 instances all through 2023 whereas lacking solely two cuts. His most up-to-date top-10 end got here on the Wyndham Championship in August.

However he solely performed in 18 occasions, whereas many different gamers forward of him within the FedEx Cup standings performed 25 or extra.

With that stated, Scott isn’t overly involved about what his future schedule will appear like, particularly since he’s now in his mid-40s with two youngsters.

“I wouldn’t ask for an invitation to [the two signature events], nevertheless it’s additionally some extent the place I’ve to stability a schedule, and being a bit older, I can’t play every part and chase every part,” Scott admitted.

“So if it occurs, it occurs, and if it doesn’t, it doesn’t… however it will be so significantly better to exit and win a event this week and form of get some end result out of a number of the work I’ve put into the sport and the adjustments I’ve made this yr and go into subsequent yr filled with confidence.”

Scott has not received professionally since 2020, when he prevailed at Riveria for the Genesis Invitational. He has 14 profession PGA Tour victories, together with his lone main victory on the 2013 Masters.

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Maybe his fifteenth win will come at Port Royal Golf Course in Bermuda, the place he received the Grand Slam of Golf in 2013. In spite of everything, the seaside course reminds him of his native Queensland.

“It’s useful round right here in case you strike the ball properly as a result of it’s exhausting scrambling quite a bit out of the tough, and with the wind blowing, I feel that appears like residence a bit as properly,” Scott admitted.

“I definitely get pleasure from enjoying this type of resort-style, tropical climate that feels a bit extra like residence to me.”

Absolutely, returning to the winner’s circle will really feel like residence for Scott, too.

He’ll start his first spherical on Thursday at 11:03 a.m. ET alongside Brian Homosexual and Ben Griffin.

Protection of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship begins on Golf Channel at 1 p.m. ET Thursday.

Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By. You possibly can observe him on Twitter @jack_milko for extra golf protection. Make sure you take a look at @_PlayingThrough too.