Why Scott's Open wound won't leave lasting scar

In the hollow aftermath to Adam Scott's capitulation at Royal Lytham,it was tempting to suggest that,having grown up idolising fellow Queenslander Greg Norman,such a grim fate on the closing holes of a major championship was in his tea leaves.

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Evoking painful memories of some of Greg Norman's infamous collapses,Australian golfer Adam Scott has squandered a four-shot back-nine lead to hand the British Open to South African Ernie Els.

Leading by four shots with four holes to play,the British Open was in Adam Scott's grasp.Yet,in a dramatic collapse that harked back to the days...

ADAM Scott's British Open implosion has taken virtually all the gloss from Ernie Els's second major in the eyes of the world media.

What followed were frozen moments of horror.Benign putts inexplicably gone astray,hideous tangles of long grass,barren wastelands of bunkers.And a cheer.A cheer that said,elsewhere,a parallel universe was forming...

ADAM Scott spent his early golfing life idolising Greg Norman and,sadly,it is not a British Open title he has emulated but a Shark-like collapse.

Four holes to glory.Four bogeys.South Africa's Ernie Els (67-70-68-68)did shoot four-under on the back nine to topple Scott with a fine closing two-under 68 to take his first major in a decade...

Feeling like his idol Greg Norman,shellshocked Australian Adam Scott offers no excuses for throwing away the British Open.

After taking a birdie on the 14th to restore his four-stroke buffer,the golfing gods cruelly intervened as Scott inexplicably rattled up bogeys on the 15th,16th,17th and 18th holes."It was a very sloppy finish by me...

Adam Scott promised to bounce straight back at next month's US PGA championship,but only after confessing to throwing away the British Open in tragic Greg Norman-esque fashion.'I don't know what else you can make of it,'Scott conceded after squandering a four-stroke...

Adam Scott has vowed to recover from his dramatic collapse at the British Open with another run at major glory at next month's US PGA Championship.

AAP Adam Scott promised to bounce straight back at next month's US PGA championship,but only after confessing to throwing away the British Open in tragic Greg Norman-esque fashion. "I don't...

ADAM Scott spent his early golfing life idolising Greg Norman and,sadly,it is not a British Open title he has emulated but a Shark-like collapse. As a 15-year-old schoolboy in Queensland,Scott had tears in his eyes watching Norman fritter away a six-stroke lead...

Feeling like his idol Greg Norman,a shellshocked Adam Scott offered no excuses for throwing away the British Open.Scott received a generous round of applause from the world's media after manning up to confess to blowing his big shot at major glory in tragic Shark-like...

Evoking painful memories of some of Greg Norman's infamous collapses, Australian golfer Adam Scott has squandered a four-shot back-nine lead to hand the British Open to South African Ernie Els.

Adam Scott reacts to his missed par putt on the 18th green during the final round of the British Open.The missed putt cost him a chance at a play-off...

Fallen Australian golf star Adam Scott says he now knows how Greg Norman must have felt after letting a major championship slip from his grasp.

AAP Feeling like his idol Greg Norman,a shellshocked Adam Scott offered no excuses for throwing away the British Open. Scott received a generous round of applause from the world's media after manning...