A lot of golfers who’ve captured a Major would be happy to rest on their laurels – not Australia’s Adam Scott.

We saw how he bounced back from his meltdown last year at Royal Lytham and St. Annes to capture the Masters.  And we witnessed Scott take the lead with six holes to play in this year’s Open Championship at Muirfield.

No, Australia’s first-ever winner at Augusta National is not prepared to rest on his Masters winning laurels.

“My confidence continues to build after winning the Masters,” he said.

Adam Scott pushing ahead to win a second Major. (Photo – Eoin Clarke/www.golffile.ie)

“I thought I was playing good before I won the Masters, and really over the last couple years, I built a mind‑set that I was good enough to be a major champion, and it didn’t really matter that I wasn’t.  That wasn’t affecting the way I played.  You’ve got to fool yourself a little bit sometimes.

“So winning, obviously, was extremely satisfying and confirmed that I can do it.

“But you know, I’ve just wanted to keep my game going in the same direction in those same things, so it obviously helps.

“So I’d have to say it’s gotten better and I’ve backed it up with some decent play and a good performance in The Open, which is important, because you don’t want to win the Masters and expectations go through the roof and you play poorly.

“You’ve got to keep pushing, and I’ve been really conscious to do that this year so that I can get myself here this week feeling like I’m as good a chance to win as anyone, and can keep the momentum that I’ve built the last couple years going.”

Scott is no stranger to Oak Hill and this week’s championship venue as he contested the 2003 PGA Championship finishing T23rd.

And while he may not have remembered much about the suburban Rochester golf course he will tee up alongside fellow Major Champions this year in Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson a lot more experienced and a lot more street-wise as a Major Champion.

“Ten years is a long time and I’ve played a lot of golf and I feel like a completely different golfer,” he added.

“I had forgotten that I was even in the mix, but I think it was one of the first Majors where I kind of went into the weekend thinking, oh, if I have a good weekend, I could actually win this.  And I probably battled around on the weekend to finish 23rd.

“But experience counts for a lot, obviously.  You know, so many things are different between now and ten years ago, that you just evolve as a golfer and mature, hopefully, as a golfer and get better and that’s what I’ve always tried to do and all of those things have added up to me being in the last few years a much more consistent performer than ten years ago.”