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- Adam's middle name is Derek.
- Adam has never won at home in Australia.
- Adam graduated from the Kooralbyn International School in Queensland which has notable alumni including Cathy Freeman (runner), Jason Day (golfer), Steven Bowditch (golfer), Gavin Flint (golfer) and Aaron Nye (cricketer).
- He is the youngest ever PLAYERS Championship winner.
- Adam studied Political Science and Sociology during his stint at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas to learn more about America.
- Adam's golfing idol is Greg Norman.
- He has done several modelling shoots with GQ, Mens Vogue and his clothing sponsor, Burberry.
- Adam is currently driving a Holden GTO.
- He supports the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League.
- Favourite surf break is in Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast, Australia.
- Favourite holiday destination is in Brazil.
- In 2005, Adam missed the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii shooting worse than Michelle Wie!
- Adam's father is a PGA Professional.
- Adam's favourite food is steak.
- Favourite candy bar is a Mars bar.
- Best place he has visited is Italy.
- Adam's speciality in the kitchen is scrambled eggs.
- Favourite male athlete is Michael Jordan.
- Adam prefers tea with milk and sugar rather than coffee.
- He always has two tees in his pocket.
- Adam has his own permanent marker with his name printed on it.
- He has a Firewire surfboard.
- Adam's main friends on tour are Geoff Ogilvy, Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia and Tim Clark.
- He used to watch 'Home and Away' as a kid.
- Burberry is his clothing sponsor on the golf course.
- He has his own foundation, the Adam Scott Foundation.
- Adam has one sister, Casie, who is a qualified physiotherapist.
- Adam's highest ranking was no.3 achieved in early 2007.
- Ever since September 2003 after winning the Deutsche Bank Championship, no other golfer younger than him has been ranked higher than him in the world. (This has recently just been broken by Justin Rose who is 14 days younger than Adam!)
- He is currently ranked 28th on the all time PGA Tour Career Money Leaders List with $16+ million in earnings.
- It has been reported than Adam can speak some Swedish and Japanese.
- Adam has a Blackberry that he carries round with him on his travels.
- Adam's career low round is a 61. (This was recently achieved at the 2008 Qatar Masters in the final round)
- Adam likes sushi and Japanese sake.
- Adam has a personal trainer, David Darbyshire.
- He is the touring professional for the Pines golf course in Sanctuary Cove.
- He is involved in designing boutique golf courses along with his dad as part of Scott Golf Designs.
- Adam was listed as one of the best dressed men in the world by Esquire Magazine in 2005.
- He shot to fame in 2003 when he pushed Tiger Woods head-to-head at the WGC Match Play event to extra holes before succumbing to the world number one.
- He secured his European Tour card after only seven events.
- In his maiden debut in a major tournament at Augusta, Adam finished in a tie for ninth - with only Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods recording a higher finish at a younger age.
- He was the youngest member of either 2003 Presidents Cup teams.
- Adam says he exercises five times a week.
- He reports Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and Roger Federer as the best athletes he has ever seen.
- He is one of only three golfers (the others being Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia) born in the 1980s to be ranked in the top-10 in the world.
- His current caddy, Tony Navarro, was a previous caddy for his idol, Greg Norman.
- Adam is coached by Butch Harmon, who used to coach Tiger Woods earlier on his career and saw him reach the no.1 ranking.
- Every month, Adam writes a column piece for the Australian Golf Digest magazine.
- The PLAYERS trophy is kept in Adam's parents' house.
- Adam was 17 when he left Australia to start college at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
- He has been the Australian Golf Digest Player of the Year three times in a row from 2003-2005 and was the 2001 Australian Golf Digest Rookie of the Year.
- He owns the course record (61) at the Doha Golf Club.
- At this point in time, he is the only golfer to have ever won the Qatar Masters multiple times.
- Adam's first entry into the world top-10 male golfers was in September 2004 at age 24 after tying for second at the Deutsche Bank Championship.
- Scott is only the third Australian to reach as high as No.3 since the rankings were created in 1986.
- Adam is a member of the prestigious Queenwood Golf Club in Surrey, England which is one of the most expensive golf clubs in the UK and has a host of top-ranked professional golfers as members including Ernie Els.
- Adam has spent 182 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday, June 16th.
- He has not been out of the top-10 world rankings since April 2006. (This was recently interrupted on 11/8/08)
- Since winning the 2005 Nissan Open, Adam has only dropped out of the top-10 in world rankings once (April 2006 - one week). [This was recently interrupted on 11/8/08]
Courtesy of various sources
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