Adam Scott has been one of the most consistent performers on the PGA Tour for more than two decades now.
Scott‘s longevity in the game is hugely impressive, especially considering how many talented young players are coming out on the PGA Tour every single year.
The Baycurrent Classic, previously known as the Zozo Championship, has attracted a very strong field this week, including the Australian, Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele.
Scott will obviously be looking for a win this week in order to break his five-year wait without one.
He is still very much capable of winning at the very highest level of the game.
Scott’s ability to keep getting longer off the tee on the PGA Tour with every year that passes is truly astounding.
The 45-year-old still averages more than a 180 mph ball speed, and that is truly incredible, given his age.
However, if he is to win again, he needs a strong week on the greens.
Adam Scott will use one club for the second time in 14 years at the Baycurrent Classic
Scott made a very big change recently.
Back in September at the BMW PGA Championship, the 45-year-old put a new club in his bag for the first time since 2011.
Scott tried a regular length putter at Wentworth and he’s giving it a whirl again this week in Japan.
Scott was asked by reporters about the new putter which he has used only once in tournament play before the Baycurrent Classic.
He said: “Yeah. Really, my putting this year has let me down. I didn’t feel bad with it, but the putts just weren’t going in. So I decided to change that and get a new fresh feeling and hopefully see a few putts go in.“
Scott was then asked how long the putter he is using this week is, to which he responded: “35 inches.“
The ‘anchor ban’ came into play in 2016, and many thought that might cause big problems for Scott.
However, he kept using the long putter, only without anchoring the top of the grip to his chest.
Why Adam Scott changed to the long putter in February 2011
14 years ago, Scott was really struggling with his putting.
He was midway through a session back home in Australia when his coach at the time, Brad Malone, suggested that Scott try out a long putter.
And he hasn’t looked back since.
The 14-time PGA Tour winner went on to win The Masters two years after the switch.
While Scott’s strength has always been his incredible ball-striking off the tee and with his irons, his switch to the long putter in 2011 undoubtedly elongated his career.
Scott’s confidence had completely gone with the regular length putter, but now we will see him in action once again with a 35 inch flat-stick at the Baycurrent Classic this week.
And it will be very interesting indeed to see how he performs on the greens at the Yokohama Country Club.
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