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<\/p>\nFILE – Corey Pavin holds the trophy on the 18th green after winning the 95th U.S. Open at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Sunday, June 18, 1995. (AP Photo\/Charles Rex Arbogast,File)<\/p>\n
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FILE – Retief Goosen, of South Africa, holds the U.S. Open Championship trophy Sunday, June 20, 2004, at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa,File)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n FILE – Brooks Koepka is interviewed by Curtis Strange after winning the U.S. Open Golf Championship, Sunday, June 17, 2018, in Southampton, N.Y. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez,File)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Adam Scott doesn’t feel any differently now than eight years ago when he was 30 feet and two putts away from securing a spot in the U.S. Open at a grueling 36-hole qualifier. He got it done and extended his streak to 17 years in a row playing all the majors.<\/p>\n It was gratifying, yes, but not what he was chasing. <\/p>\n \u201cI am playing all these majors to win them, not just to show up,\u201d Scott said on that humid Ohio evening in 2018.<\/p>\n Nothing has changed except the number, and it’s one worth celebrating. When the 45-year-old Australian tees off Thursday in the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, it will be his 100th consecutive major.<\/p>\n Jack Nicklaus is the only other player to reach 100 majors in a row, topping out at 146 straight, a record as untouchable as any in sport. Scott simply getting to 100 feels out of reach.<\/p>\n Jordan Spieth is next among active players at 52.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then you think of doubling that, and it’s insane,\u201d Spieth said. \u201cIt’s not only playing at a high level, it’s taking care of yourself the right way, it’s the longevity of a sport that most people … almost every single person you think of that could have reached 100 missed it because of an injury.\u201d<\/p>\n It happened early for Tiger Woods \u2014 46 in a row until reconstructive knee surgery after he won the 2008 U.S. Open \u2014 and for Rory McIlroy, who would be playing 70 in a row next week except for a freak ankle injury playing soccer that knocked him out of the 2015 British Open.<\/p>\n Tom Watson was at 87 in a row when he hurt his left shoulder preparing for the 1996 British Open. Sergio Garcia’s streak stopped at 84 when he tested positive for COVID-19 at the 2020 Masters.<\/p>\n Scott avoided all that.<\/p>\n \u201cFor nothing to go wrong? It’s so easy to miss golf tournaments,\u201d Scottie Scheffler said. \u201cYou can get sick. You name it. Something is going to happen. One hundred in a row? It’s insane.\u201d<\/p>\n Scott’s streak began at the 2001 British Open, and there has been a few close calls. He slammed his right hand in the door of his car before the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines and still played, finishing in a tie for 26th.<\/p>\n And then there was 2024, the last time he played a U.S. Open qualifier. He lost in a playoff for the final spot and was first alternate. Scott fell to No. 61 in the world the following week \u2014 the top 60 were exempt \u2014 but a week earlier, Grayson Murray had taken his life.<\/p>\n World ranking officials, consistent with what they had done when Payne Stewart died, kept Murray in the ranking for four weeks. The USGA removed Murray from consideration \u2014 he was No. 59 \u2014 and Scott moved up a spot to No. 60 to get in the Open. <\/p>\n Scott goes to his 100th consecutive major looking for a trophy, not a tribute. Even so, he appreciates what he’s done to get there.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s not something you set out to do, obviously,\u201d Scott said. “I take a lot of pride in my game and everything I put into it. The fact that Jack is the only other one to pass 100 … and he\u2019s way up there. I told him he didn\u2019t have to worry about that.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m proud of that achievement,” he said. \u201dI would love for my record to be a little better than it is. There\u2019s still a little time.”<\/p>\n Scott has won 29 times around the world, including the Masters in 2013. He has reached No. 1 in the world. And now he has a feat that might be equally impressive.<\/p>\n \u201cAbsolutely incredible,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cTo even just play 100 majors throughout your career is an amazing achievement, but to play 100 in a row? I just think about the level that you need to be at and no injuries. There’s a lot of things that need to fall in line \u2014 births of children that fall on those weeks, all that sort of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n Nick Faldo played 65 in a row, a streak that ended in 2003 with the birth of his daughter.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be prepared and be able to play and stay healthy so you can play is quite an achievement,\u201d Nicklaus said.<\/p>\n Nicklaus played the 1962 Masters and didn’t miss a major until sitting out the 1998 British Open. He can’t think of a time he nearly missed a major. Nicklaus chalked that up to good health, and that’s one thing to which Scott can relate.<\/p>\n \u201cAdam is physically gifted as an athlete,\u201d said Justin Rose, who played 48 in a row until he hurt his back during a practice round at the 2022 British Open and had to withdraw.<\/p>\n \u201cHe’s very limber, strong, the kind of guy who just rocks up to the driving range,” Rose said. \u201cYou don’t see him spending tons of time in the gym warming up. And he swings it so well, he doesn’t put a ton of stress on his body.”<\/p>\n Scheffler uses the same trainer as Scott and shared a story of when Scott was going to try a dead lift. The Australian started arching his back instead of using his legs, and by the time trainers rushed in to stop him, Scott completed the lift.<\/p>\n \u201cHe should have broken his back. I would have been out for a year,” Scheffler said. \u201cHe’s hyperflexible, hypermobile. Very few people are built like that.\u201d<\/p>\n As much as Scott would love to win at Shinnecock Hills \u2014 he set the course record in 2013 playing with members, but he has missed the cut there twice in the U.S. Open \u2014 he still acknowledges the feat of being in a class only the great Nicklaus occupies. <\/p>\n Scott doubts many more \u2014 if any \u2014 will be joining them. The modern game is about power, and bodies are breaking down. <\/p>\n \u201cAn extreme example I would use is Tiger,\u201d Scott said. “He pushed extremely hard and got to 14 majors really quick and then it all broke down a little bit and he couldn’t quite get to the record (18 majors) we all thought he was going to cruise past.<\/p>\n \u201cRelative for everybody else, if they\u2019re going to push themselves really hard, can they keep it together for these long careers we are kind of used to seeing in the game?\u201d<\/p>\n AP golf: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/golf<\/p>\n
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