TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

August 27, 2026

Adam Scott

East Lake Golf Club

Press Conference

Q. Can you just give us an idea how things went out there today and how you feel about how you're playing.

ADAM SCOTT: It went well for me today. Conditions slightly softer maybe with just a little bit of rain over the last 24 hours, kind of eased us into what should be a pretty tough test, I think, this week with the rough the way it is. Maybe the fairways are a couple bounces softer and the greens a little more receptive.

The scoring is good today. As soon as there's water on a golf course, we shoot good scores.

I played well. I felt like I played really well yesterday out on the course and didn't overthink it and tried to do the same. I feel like my game's in a good spot.

Q. We sort of take for granted you being here and doing these things for as long as you have, I think, but for you is there anything nowadays that's harder or different than it was, say, 10, 15 years ago that makes it harder to stay up here at this level? Or do you feel like you always did?

ADAM SCOTT: No, I'd be lying if I didn't think it was harder. I watch so many of the players on TOUR, and the standard is so deep. There are so many players with the potential to win any week.

The learning curve is a lot quicker. I think they learn in college now. I think I came out, I didn't know a lot. I didn't learn a lot in college, in the classroom or on the golf course (laughter).

Then there was like this apprenticeship, you served as a Tour pro, and it was at least five years before you really knew how to play. You've just seen over the last 10 to 15 years, from Jordan Spieth onwards, guys coming out of college so prepared.

I'd say it's much harder, and I probably took for granted those years where I was kind of cruising through out here. I feel like the moment I relax, I just plummet down rankings and leaderboards and everything. There's no letting up out here.

Q. Do you feel that your game is much different than it was in 2013, when you won the Masters and you were closing in on No. 1 in the world? Is there a fine line, or is there a big difference, do you think?

ADAM SCOTT: I think that No. 1 standard has improved since then. I think the standard is always improving at every level. I think managing all the different disciplines you have to, physically and mentally, as a professional golfer and managing a life and balancing your priorities and keeping everything at peace is a lot more demanding and takes a lot more energy from me these days to do that, because the standard is higher.

Even the standard I play at is I think I'm a better golfer. What I'm trying to say is putting it all together every week, that seems to be the biggest challenge for me. I work on my long game and I hit it great, but my short game suffers a bit. Finding the time to always keep bringing everything up to that top level is my biggest challenge.

Q. You've won all around the world. You've won the Masters, and you've been coming to this event for many, many, many years. You won the Masters, all around the world. What would it mean to you to have a really good showing here this week, to show those young guns you're Adam Scott?

ADAM SCOTT: I'd love to get back and win a tournament. Any tournament would do. This one I'm playing in this week would be fantastic.

To be a FedExCup champion is really one of those career milestones that I'd like to achieve still. I know time is really not on my side for that, but I'm off to a good start, and it could be three days away.

Q. All things being equal, the fact that you've kept your length off the tee is maybe the biggest factor to keep you competitive?

ADAM SCOTT: I think it's really helpful, yeah, for sure. I think some good advice early on in my career as to my kind of physical preparation has helped me. I've not suffered with really any golfing injuries that have held me back.

So I think I've been lucky many times in my career, but to be advised correctly on the areas I don't really know about, I'm kind of in front of the game now with that.

Q. Ryan Fox was just in here a few minutes ago, and Min Woo is off to a good start. You guys are obviously playing for your own ball this week, but is there an opportunity for the results this week to potentially create some momentum heading towards Medinah?

ADAM SCOTT: Yeah, absolutely, for sure. To have six of us here this week, I think is a great showing. There's one guy who's not here who had four straight top 10s up till this week, Sungjae. He's kind of back on form.

I said to all the guys at the last dinner we had in Memphis, for me even coming in just seeing Ryan win, Tom Kim win, Min Woo finish second at the Scottish, Si Woo is playing fantastic every week, Sungjae is back, Hideki is top 10ing every week. The momentum looks really good for us. So fantastic.

A few guys off to a good start today. The momentum is huge. I don't know how we carry it three weeks on from now, but I think a lot of us are going to be playing before the Presidents Cup too. Anything we can do to kind of keep that rolling and keep the confidence high.

I think, just from those gatherings, us seeing another player do well is some extra motivation for the other team members to kind of step up.

Q. What is your schedule after this? Before the Presidents Cup.

ADAM SCOTT: I'll play Wentworth.

Q. Will you play any more over there after the Presidents Cup?

ADAM SCOTT: No. No, I won't.