Adam Scott

The win came in his 34th career start on the PGA Tour.

He shot a course record 62 in the second round to lead by two at the halfway stage and went on to win by four from Rocco Mediate.

Adam Derek Scott (born 16 July 1980) is an Australian professional golfer who plays mainly on the PGA Tour.

They then settled on the Gold Coast, Queensland in 1993 when Scott was 12 years of age.

Initially at The Southport School, an Anglican boys' school on the Gold Coast, he completed his high school education at The Kooralbyn International School, located in the Scenic Rim Region, where he undertook extra subjects in golf.

He was a member of the Golf Australia National Squad.

He later attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

Scott won the Australian Boys' Amateur in 1997 and 1998.

He was a member of the Golf Australia National Squad.

Scott and Kojzar had previously been in a long-term relationship in the early to mid 2000s, before splitting up and then reuniting in 2013.

Scott turned professional midway through the 2000 season.

He earned his card for the 2001 European Tour season in just eight starts as a professional, his best result being a tie for sixth at the Linde German Masters.

Scott also made a handful of appearances on the PGA Tour but made only one cut in six events.

In Scott's first full year as a professional golfer he won the European Tour's Alfred Dunhill Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa for his very first professional title.

This event was Scott's first start of the year and was co-sanctioned by the European and Sunshine Tours.

He beat Justin Rose to the title by one stroke.

The following year in 2002, Scott had two victories on the European Tour and a final position of seventh on the Order of Merit.

His first win of the year was a six-shot victory at the Qatar Masters.

Later in the year, Scott won the Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship, shooting a final round of 63 to win by ten shots.

In between these victories, Scott made his debut at the Masters Tournament, where he finished tied for 9th.

In 2003, Scott made it to the semifinals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, but fell to eventual champion Tiger Woods on the 19th hole.

He had previously beaten Bernhard Langer, Rocco Mediate, Kevin Sutherland, and Jay Haas en route to the semi's, then defeated fellow Australian Peter Lonard 1 up in the consolation match.

In August 2003, Scott won his fourth European Tour title at the Scandinavian Masters by two strokes over Nick Dougherty.

A month later he followed it up with his first victory on the PGA Tour at the inaugural Deutsche Bank Championship.

Other significant wins include the 2004 Players Championship, the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship.

In 2010, Scott was in a relationship with former tennis World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, but they separated in September of that year.

The pair reunited in 2011, before splitting up for good one year later.

He was the runner-up in the 2012 Open Championship, leading by four strokes with four holes to play before bogeying all of them to lose the title by a stroke to Ernie Els.

Scott was born in Adelaide, South Australia, where he attended the Lady George Kindergarten and moved with his family at the age of nine to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, where he attended Matthew Flinders Anglican College.

Scott's biggest win to date was the 2013 Masters Tournament, his only major championship and the only Masters won by an Australian.

Scott had three other top-3 finishes throughout the season and went on to finish 13th in the Order of Merit in his first season.

He was the World No. 1 ranked golfer, from mid-May to August 2014.

He has won 31 professional tournaments around the world (3 being unofficial money events), on many of golf's major tours.

In April 2014, Scott married Marie Kojzar, a Swedish architect, in a small ceremony in the Bahamas.

In February 2015, the couple announced the arrival of their daughter, who was born at Pindara Private Hospital in Queensland, Australia.

On 18 August 2017, the couple announced the arrival of their second child, a son.

Scott is the touring professional at the Sanctuary Cove Golf & Country Club, where he resides while in Australia, located on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

For tax purposes, Scott is a resident of Switzerland.

Scott is also an avid surfer.

Scott supports the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League.