The 42-year-old Scott, ranked in the top 30 players in the world, announced today that he would tee it up at Royal Queensland in his home state as the DP World Tour begins its 2022-23 season.

Scott’s impressive 2022 which has seen him play in the final 30 at the FedEx Cup and in every major for the season, will close-out with an extended stay on Aussie shores as he travels from Brisbane to Melbourne to play in the ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Melbourne in the following week, another DP World Tour co-sanctioned event.

They will be the Queenslander’s first appearances in Australia since 2019. He has previously won the Open (at New South Wales in 2009) and the PGA twice (in 2013 and 2019) and is regarded as one of Australia’s all-time great players, immortalised for his historic win at Augusta National in the 2013 Masters tournament – the first and only win in that event by an Australian.

He has played in the Australian PGA Championship and the Australian Open virtually every year since turning professional in 2000. 

“As a player it’s always an honour to come back and play before your home crowds. For me, that’s especially so in Queensland, I also love playing on the magnificent courses of the Melbourne sandbelt, so I can’t wait to get back down there for both events and hopefully, get a win or two.”

 “I’m rapt to be coming back to play for the first time in three years,” said Scott today. “It’s been way too long, but the pandemic and the travel restrictions have made it tough on everybody and obviously we’ve had a couple of events put on hold during that time.

Gavin Kirkman, Chief Executive Officer of the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia, said today: “Adam’s a legend of our sport in this country, and we always welcome him with open arms. It’s not just his playing ability; he’s been a superb ambassador for golf and at a time when the sport is really building, to have a drawcard such as Adam back at Royal Queensland and in Melbourne to play is a big shot in the arm for us.”

James Sutherland, Chief Executive Officer of Golf Australia, said: “We couldn’t be more pleased to have Adam committed to the bigger events. It’s great to be bringing the Australian Open back to Melbourne and with a new look featuring men, women and All Abilities players competing on the same stages at the same time, and who better to be coming home to join that party than Adam Scott?

“He’s been a great supporter of Australian golf and our events for a long time, and we look forward to big crowds following him around.”

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the Australian PGA Championship in November will be a world-class event.

“Locking in Queensland legend Adam Scott is a win for Brisbane sports fans, who will get to see his talent on display at the beautiful Royal Queensland Golf Club,” said Cr Schrinner

“This event is set to attract 40,000 spectators to watch some of the greatest golfers in the world, and deliver a $16 million economic dividend to Brisbane businesses, including hotels, restaurants and retailers.”

Father-of-three Scott has won 14 times on the US PGA Tour and has career earnings on that tour of more than $US 58 million, and 11 times on the DP World Tour.

His most recent tournament win was the Genesis Invitational in 2020 in Los Angeles.

The Fortinet Australian PGA Championship has a $2 million prize pool in 2022, the biggest on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia, having resumed from the pandemic break earlier this year when local hero Jed Morgan produced a record-breaking 11-shot win at Royal Queensland.

The Fortinet Australian PGA Championship is proudly supported by the Queensland Government, through Tourism and Events Queensland and Brisbane City Council, through Brisbane Economic Development Agency.

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