Adam Scott: I'd love to win like Greg Norman at British Open
World No 1 out to be first Australian in 21 years to clinch the title after boyhood hero
Adam Scott has emulated his boyhood hero Greg Norman on one stunning occasion, and now he wants to do it all again this week at Hoylake.
The Australian famously captured the Masters title in 2013, becoming the first player from his country to do so after years of heartbreak, most of them involving Norman, who finished runner-up at Augusta three times.
That made Scott a national hero back home and he has since gone on to capture the world No 1 ranking, the first Australian to do so since Norman.
Absolutely I'd love to get my name on the trophy with Greg and the other Aussies
Now the 34-year-old from Adelaide has his sights firmly set on the British Open, which Norman won, for the second time, at Royal St George's in 1993, the last Australian to do so.
"Of course, you want to emulate what your childhood hero has done, and Greg winning The Open, it's always sat very high with me," he said.
"And watching Baker-Finch [in 1991] win it, as well, in the fashion he did, was pretty spectacular. It's got a huge amount of meaning to me.
"It does to all the golfers. And Phil Mickelson, I really liked what he said [at Muirfield last year], he felt like a complete golfer after he'd won this because it's such a different test of your game.
"The sense of achievement that Phil must have felt or that anyone would feel winning this championship is huge and the history and everything else involved in it. So absolutely I'd love to get my name on the trophy with Greg and the other Aussies."