Adam Scott Reaches Out To Curtis Luck For Augusta National Practice Round.

Houston, TX …

Australia’s only Masters champion Adam Scott has reached out to Curtis Luck to join him next week in an official Augusta National practice round.

The 20-year old Luck brilliantly qualified for his maiden Masters via two categories, first in brilliantly capturing the 2016 U.S. Amateur and then also in sealing victory later last year in the Asian-Amateur championship.

And with Scott to drive down Magnolia Lane for a 16th straight year the Queenslander, and new father of two, would be delighted to help his Perth-born compatriot with his Masters preparations.

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“I wasn’t at Bay Hill when Curtis played in the Arnold Palmer but then he does have my email address, so I hope he does get in contact with me because I would love to play a practice round with him as he’s a very likeable young fellow,” said Scott.

“I enjoyed so much playing alongside him when I was back in Australia last summer, so I will leave to him to email me.

“But then these young kids are so good that he knows what he’s doing so it won’t be a case of coaching him around the course as it’s not for me to interfere in that aspect of his game.

“Though if he has questions on how to play the course and where to hit it and where not to hit it, as I am sure he will, then I will be only to winning to help out.

“I do like the style he brings to the game and I am interested to see how he performs next week.”

Of course, it will the proud Cottesloe golfer’s last event as an amateur as Luck confirmed  during the recent Arnold Palmer Invitational he will turn professional immediately following the Masters.  And as the reigning U.S. Amateur champion Luck has been afforded nine PGA Tour invitations.

But while Scott praised Luck’s ability and achievements in the amateur ranks his advice

“It’s easy to say to Curtis to just go to Augusta and enjoy the week but my advice would be to put everything into it you possibly can”, said Scott.

“The thing is that in turning pro, which rumour has it he is, then it could be a long road as a professional to get back there because as long as it took him, and all those years of practice, to get into the Masters, he is from the week after Augusta going to have to start again at the bottom.

“So, he’s got to enjoy the week but there’s no doubt Curtis is quite capable of finishing top-16 and getting himself back there next year and if that happens, it would be a great achievement.”

The current World No. 7 ranked Scott was commenting ahead of this week’s $US 7m Shell Houston Open and an event Scott captured a decade ago, and with victory being the seventh of now 13 wins on the PGA Tour.

And while Scott is clearly focused on joining Stuart Appleby (1999 & 200) as the only Australian to win twice in America’s fourth largest city, he’s also like 28 other players in the field got one eye on next week’s Masters.

And that means very much being fitted with a second Augusta National members green jacket.

“Winning Majors don’t come easy but I would love to win a second Masters and hopefully that would open the floodgates to winning as many as I possibly can,” he said.

“It’s great to celebrate any victory and the first one will always have extra significance but I think the Masters is almost bigger than the game of golf and it’s one of those rare sporting events basically everyone in golf celebrates.”

Scott is among a big contingent of seven Australians competing this week on the Golf Club of Houston that was pounded near noon on Wednesday by torrential rain, and with mobile phone users sent a ‘tornado warning’ that fortunately did not materialise.

Joining Scott is past champions Robert Allenby (2000), Matt Jones (2014) along with the double Houston winning Appleby.

As well, Steven Bowditch, Cameron Smith and Geoff Ogilvy are in the field and with Ogilvy the honour to be the very first to tee off on day two.

With the exception of Scott, the other six Aussies with be striving for success and if so, be handed the very last invitation into next week’s Masters.

 



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