{"id":380062,"date":"2011-04-13T21:20:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T21:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/13\/tour-report-scott-back-to-business-in-texas-pgatour-com\/"},"modified":"2011-04-13T21:20:30","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T21:20:30","slug":"tour-report-scott-back-to-business-in-texas-pgatour-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/13\/tour-report-scott-back-to-business-in-texas-pgatour-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour Report: Scott back to business in Texas (PGATOUR.com)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"159.3483970645\">\n<p>Adam Scott has been enjoying a few well-deserved days off after tying for second at the Masters on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, though, he got back down to business on the eve of his title defense at the Valero Texas Open. So he spent some time with the local media before playing in Wednesday\u2019s pro-am and talked out how draining the week at Augusta National was.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8abc7407s_open_2011.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Scott<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s certainly a big let down I think mentally or emotionally after any major, whether you\u2019re in the mix or not,&#8221; said Scott, who shot a pair of 67s on the weekend to finish two strokes behind Charl Schwartzel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It certainly does take a lot out of you, it\u2019s not just the tournament week but it\u2019s the weeks before, a lot of practice and the weeks leading up to it. So \u2026 it was important for me to have a couple days where I did not much and it was nice to be at a nice resort here to do that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully (I can) get back in the swing of it today in the pro-am and, you know, hit a few balls and recalibrate and ready to go for tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s victory on the AT&#038;T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio last year came in a 36-hole finale where he shot 11 under and made up a four-stroke deficit. The young Aussie was working on a new putting stroke with Dave Stockton that really came together that week.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, though, one of the things Scott remembers most vividly was the 9-iron he dumped into the greenside bunker on the 72nd hole.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was really struggling with half shots and I think I pulled my 9-iron into the last green on Sunday here and when I got back home to the range, that\u2019s something I started working on straight away with Brad (Malone), my coach, \u2026 because I was not happy that I pulled at that critical point, you know, potentially could have cost me the tournament,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, you know, there\u2019s always things to work on even if you win and that\u2019s something I\u2019ve worked on.\u00a0 And then, you know, funny I hit a really great half shot into the 16th at Augusta on Sunday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><h3>FedExCup Update: Valero Texas Open<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"31\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/f31beed2s_open_2011.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Martin Laird has an opportunity to overtake FedExCup leader Mark Wilson this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>FEDEXCUP:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/r\/stats\/info\/?02394\">Complete Standings<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/2011\/fedexcup\/01\/20\/2011-weekly-leaders\/index.html\">Weekly Leaders<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tourreport.pgatour.com\/tag\/fedexcup\/\">More FedExCup notes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><i>By Chris Dunham, PGATOUR.COM Editorial Coordinator<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>There aren\u2019t many, if any, players on TOUR playing better than Martin Laird. In his nine 2011 starts, he\u2019s made eight cuts and has one other finish outside the top 25 \u2013 and that wasn\u2019t even a stroke play event. His four starts since the calendar turned to March have resulted in finishes of T10, T5, 1st and a T20 at Augusta. He\u2019s moved from 32nd to fourth in the FedExCup standings in the process.<\/p>\n<p>With a top-3 finish this week in Texas, Laird would overtake FedExCup leader Mark Wilson, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/2011\/fedexcup\/01\/20\/2011-weekly-leaders\/index.html\u201d\">who has held the top position for the last 10 weeks.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bob Hope Classic champion Jhonattan Vegas is currently 12th in the standings and is the only other player in the Valero Texas Open field with a chance of overtaking Wilson.<\/p>\n<p><b>MASTERFUL MOVERS:<\/b> Masters winner Charl Schwartzel was the week\u2019s biggest mover, jumping 67 spots from 77th to No. 10. The top 10 saw a couple other changes with Luke Donald moving from 13th to 7th and Laird moving up a spot to No. 4, pushing Nick Watney to 5th.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Scott and Jason Day, who both tied for second at Augusta National, each moved up more than 40 spots and into the top 30 \u2013 Scott to No. 29 and Day to No. 24. Scott won the Valero Texas Open last year and, based on his strong Sunday at Augusta, looks like he will continue to climb the standings this week.<\/p>\n<p><b>NOTABLE DROPS:<\/b> With two new faces moving into the top 10, D.A. Points and Jhonattan Vegas have bowed out. Points went from 10th to 13th and Vegas from 9th to 12th after both missed the cut last week at Augusta.<\/p>\n<p>Just two players dropped outside the coveted top 125 positions last week. Arjun Atwal (124th to 126th) and Michael Connell (125th to 127th) as Robert Karlsson and Angel Cabrera each moved inside the 125-man cut line.<\/p>\n<p><b>MORE ON LAST WEEK\u2019S WINNER:<\/b> TOUR rookie Charl Schwartzel notched his first-career PGA TOUR victory when he won the Masters, but the 26-year-old South African is no stranger to winning golf tournaments. He\u2019d won seven European Tour and Sunshine Tour events since 2004, including the last two Joburg Opens in his native South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to moving to No. 10 in the FedExCup standings, Schwartzel jumped to No. 11 in the Official World Golf Ranking and regained the top spot in the European Tour\u2019s Race to Dubai.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><h3>Make your picks: Valero Texas Open<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 PGATOUR.COM\u2019s Expert Picks for the Valero Texas Open are now available. You can check out how the draft order went this week by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/2011\/tournaments\/r041\/04\/12\/expert-picks\/index.html\"><b>clicking here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s your turn. Go to the comments form below and tell us who you\u2019re picking this week and why. Will Adam Scott repeat? Could someone with Texas ties, like Justin Leonard or Ryan Palmer take home the prize?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe one of the 2011 winners \u2014 Jhonattan Vegas, Johnson Wagner or Martin Laird \u2014 will add a second victory to his resume this season.<\/p>\n<p>This is your chance to show off your prognostication skills and predict this week\u2019s champion, so let us know who you\u2019re picking.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8abc7407s_open_2011.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/sports\/rss\/golf\/SIG=12hd8v643\/*http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/news?slug=pgatour_com-news_valero_texas_open_2011\" title=\"Tour Report: Scott back to business in Texas (PGATOUR.com)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tour Report: Scott back to business in Texas (PGATOUR.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Adam Scott has been enjoying a few well-deserved days off after tying for second at the Masters on Sunday. 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