Adam Scott turned to equipment guru before brilliant UK run put him on track for $100m PGA Tour playoffs

Adam Scott has the longest active majors streak and racks up another PGA Tour record this week as the hunt for $100m in prizemoney begins.

Australia's Adam Scott is back in the PGA Tour playoffs. Picture: Paul Ellis / AFP

Creating longevity records is evidence of Adam Scott’s continued ability to compete with the world’s best, but it’s still winning he craves as he becomes the first man to start in every edition of the $100m season-ending PGA Tour playoffs.

Having been getting through playing “mediocre” golf, the former world No.1 turned to his long-time equipment guru in England and had a “little bit of a heart-to-heart” to make that next step that he turned into top-10 finishes at the Scottish and British Opens last month and a start in the $30m St Jude Championship.

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Scott had been fiddling with things in 2024 and finally bit the bullet before the UK swing, changing the shafts in his irons and driver with immediate and confidence-building impact, ensuring he’s found himself with lots to play for still.

“I caught up with kind of my trusted adviser from years of work with him on equipment back in the UK, and a little bit of a heart-to-heart, like ‘Adam, what’s going on here, what have you been thinking about?’ because I’ve kind of been out there doing it a little bit on my own,” he said ahead of his opening round in Memphis, his 18th-straight start in the PGA Tour playoffs.

Adam Scott finished tied for 10th at Royal Troon. Picture: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

“Just got everything lined up a little better, and I think over the last couple years, probably undervalued that part of the professional game. Equipment and technology is a big thing. You see it every week, guys working on TrackMan, and that’s not really where I’ve grown up.

“If I was critical of myself, although intentions being right, I probably didn’t manage that as well as I could have and certainly see the need to be more on top of that going forward.

“I think I’ve improved in most areas of the game this year, although not drastically. But I’ve tried really hard … because I find it really challenging at this point playing mediocre golf. That’s very frustrating … I was moving some equipment around this year and with all the right intentions not always landing the right spot.

“But I feel like just before the Scottish Open, through the bag, landed in a good spot, and that’s been very helpful confidence-wise, and I think it showed in my results straight away.”

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Scott has thrown a new set of irons, with the preferred shafts, in his bag for this week’s event, needing to finish in the top 50 to progress to the BMW Championship, then the top 30 to make the Tour Championship.

Australian Olympians Jason Day and Min Woo Lee as well as Cam Davis are also in the field this week looking to progress.

“Sitting in my position, there’s so much to play for. I think everyone has a lot to play for,” Scott said.

“But these few weeks can turn just an average year into a really great year on tour, playing well on the right weeks. I did that a couple years ago. In fact, a couple years ago I would have said I played quite poorly for the season and had a good run in the playoffs and made it to Atlanta, and all of a sudden you’ve had a great year.

“A similar thing coming in here, although I played better this year than a couple years ago and even last year. There’s a lot to gain, I think, for everybody who’s made it here.”

Originally published as Adam Scott turned to equipment guru before brilliant UK run put him on track for $100m PGA Tour playoffs