Adam Scott talks about the missed short putt that cost him victory and $1m

He didn’t talk to anyone last week after missing the short putt to win his 15th PGA Tour event, but now Adam Scott has revealed what happened.

Adam Scott has opened up on missing a 1m putt tht cost him victory and $1m. Picture: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images/AFP

Adam Scott didn’t punch a wall or throw his putter away.

But the former world number one was embarrassed and declared “it sucks” after missing a 1m putt that cost him a 15th PGA Tour victory and $1m last weekend.

Scott left the Sedgefield Country Club in North Carolina last week without talking to the media follow his playoff horror show in the Wyndham Championship that surprised even the winner Kevin Kisner.

The short putt on the first playoff hole slid millimetres by the left side of the cup before Kisner took the win on the next hole and the $1.6m winner’s cheque. Scott collected $544,000.

After taking his good form into the opening round of the Northern Trust Open in New York, firing a first-round 67 to be tied for fourth in the opening event of the FedEx Cup playoffs, Scott opened up on his miss.

The Australian declared he was encouraged by just being in contention but couldn’t hide his disappointment at his mistake on the first playoff hole.

“There haven‘t been many putts to win a tournament that I haven‘t made when I‘ve had that chance, and that’s a pretty short one to miss. So I mean, a little embarrassing,” Scott said.

“I‘ve really struggled to get my game in the shape to contend at that level out here this year, and finally it was feeling that way. Importantly, I wanted to bring it here this week, and so far I have.

Adam Scott had to wait his turn to putt in a six-way sudden-death playoff in North Carolina. Picture: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

“I had to move on. I‘m fairly honest with my assessment of things. I read it inside left. I felt like I hit a good putt that went over the left side of the hole. I aimed it left. Maybe it went left, I don’t know.

“I’m not going to break down my entire routine in putting where I’ve done really well this year. The ironic thing is I‘ve been putting great this year and then I miss a putt like that.

“It sucks not to win when you have a chance because it seems like they’ve been few and far between for me, but I know I can lift myself up again hopefully this week.”

Scott was the last of six players to putt in the playoff, which meant a lengthy wait as all the thoughts of victory swirled around his head.

“Look, there are no excuses, but, yeah, there was a lot of stuff going on. A lot of guys holed out for four before I‘d even hit my third,” he said.

“There was a lot of stuff going on around the hole there, and I don‘t know how long it was before I actually hit a putt because I didn’t hit any warming up before the playoff, so it might have been an hour.

“My routine doesn’t even have a practice swing, so I really didn’t even make a move. So, yeah, that’s all my fault. It was an odd situation.”

Adam Scott is back in action in New York. Picture: Sarah Stier/Getty Images

But the 41-year-old father of three was able to contain his emotions after the miss despite knowing what it cost him.

“It’s a weird one. Because I had been so frustrated with where my game had been sitting for most of the year, there was a really high level of satisfaction of just playing well on the weekend, and honestly, until the playoff, I had no expectation to win that tournament at all, and then I really put my mind into winning it,” he said.

“It‘s probably the least upset I’ve been to not win a tournament – or to lose a tournament, if you want to say that, because I just feel like it’s been such a grind and I am pleased to somewhat feel like myself on the golf course again. So I wasn‘t punching anything this time.”

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