Adam scott ana ivanovic, Lindsey Vonn. Paulina Gretzky. Caroline Wozniacki. The Big Three of golf WAGs. Good thing for Adam Scott that Big Three’s not a Mount Rushmore.
You see, Scott on Sunday won his first career major , alleviating a nation’s pain in the process and giving Australia — finally — the Grand Slam. But while the world analyzes putts, drives, sand saves and short games to figure out why Scott held off the world’s best at Augusta, the real answer can be found in one stat — WAGs.
Last season, Scott was sporting his own high-profile arm candy, tennis pro Ana Ivanovic. Also last season, Scott opened the British Open by tying the course record at famed Royal Lytham and St. Annes, but failed to seal the deal when he bogeyed each of the last four holes to lose the tournament by one stroke in one of the most infamous collapses in golf history.
Fast forward to 2013. In January, Scott and Ivanovic broke up, reportedly their world-hopping careers making it too impossible to stay connected at a WAG-worthy level. So Scott headed to Augusta a bachelor — and left a champion.
Tiger came to Augusta on a roll, winning the previous two tournaments he entered and carrying three wins already in his bag in 2013. He also came to Augusta with company — the world’s most famous female skier. The result? Well, things certainly started off well, Tiger shooting one of the best first rounds of his Masters career (sound familiar)?
He was rolling along in Round 2, as well, until a near-perfect approach on 15 was too near-perfect: The ball hit the stick and caromed into the water, Tiger took a drop, and Dropgate was born.
To the chagrin of some, Tiger was not DQ’d, but rather allowed to play on but with a two-stroke penalty. While Old Tiger may have laughed in the face of such circumstance, world-famous-WAG-toting Tiger never recovered. Lindsey remained by her man’s side, but Old Mo’ had clearly moved out, and took up residence Down Under.
Tiger rallied late on Sunday, birdying four of his final 10 holes. But too little, too late — he finished tied for fourth, four strokes back. And his Masters drought now sits at eight tournaments.
You see, Scott on Sunday won his first career major , alleviating a nation’s pain in the process and giving Australia — finally — the Grand Slam. But while the world analyzes putts, drives, sand saves and short games to figure out why Scott held off the world’s best at Augusta, the real answer can be found in one stat — WAGs.
Last season, Scott was sporting his own high-profile arm candy, tennis pro Ana Ivanovic. Also last season, Scott opened the British Open by tying the course record at famed Royal Lytham and St. Annes, but failed to seal the deal when he bogeyed each of the last four holes to lose the tournament by one stroke in one of the most infamous collapses in golf history.
Fast forward to 2013. In January, Scott and Ivanovic broke up, reportedly their world-hopping careers making it too impossible to stay connected at a WAG-worthy level. So Scott headed to Augusta a bachelor — and left a champion.
Tiger came to Augusta on a roll, winning the previous two tournaments he entered and carrying three wins already in his bag in 2013. He also came to Augusta with company — the world’s most famous female skier. The result? Well, things certainly started off well, Tiger shooting one of the best first rounds of his Masters career (sound familiar)?
He was rolling along in Round 2, as well, until a near-perfect approach on 15 was too near-perfect: The ball hit the stick and caromed into the water, Tiger took a drop, and Dropgate was born.
To the chagrin of some, Tiger was not DQ’d, but rather allowed to play on but with a two-stroke penalty. While Old Tiger may have laughed in the face of such circumstance, world-famous-WAG-toting Tiger never recovered. Lindsey remained by her man’s side, but Old Mo’ had clearly moved out, and took up residence Down Under.
Tiger rallied late on Sunday, birdying four of his final 10 holes. But too little, too late — he finished tied for fourth, four strokes back. And his Masters drought now sits at eight tournaments.
