Jason Day was brilliant at TPC Sawgrass but fellow Queenslander Adam Scott will also be pleased with his week’s work after clawing his way into the top-15 at the game’s ‘fifth major".

Scott returned to competition after a month long break at last week’s Wells Fargo tournament and posted a good result of 2-under T17 at one of the most difficult courses the players face all year.
 

The 2013 US Masters champion backed up his performance at THE PLAYERS this week with rounds of 73-65-75-68 on a layout that’s brought some of the world’s best undone.

Scott, Day and Marc Leishman were the only three Australians to play the weekend in Florida, Leishman battling at the weekend to finish T64.

John Senden, Aaron Baddeley, Matt Jones and Steven Bowditch all missed the weekend’s play after the cut came at 2-under.

Scott, too, looked unlikely to play the weekend after his disappointing Thursday but rallied Friday with a brilliant 65 to put himself right back in the tournament.

The 35-year-old put on a clinic with seven birdies against no bogies to move from outside the top-100 into the top-20.

However, like many others, Scott fell victim to Saturday’s super fast greens making five bogies and a double to give up three shots and three places on the leaderboard.

A brilliant finish on Sunday will give Scott plenty of confidence in coming weeks after two birdies and an eagle in his last five holes moved him back into the top-10.

But a poor drive at the 12th and a tee shot that left him 75 feet from the hole at the par-3 13th, Scott could have been two shots better after making his only bogies of the day.

With some of the biggest events in golf coming up over the northern summer Scott will be pleased with most parts of his game and confident of his chances of adding to his major tally.

For Leishman, it was a week of treading water after he made the cut on the number at 2-under.

The Victorian opened with rounds of 72-70 but seemed to take two steps forward and one step back all week.

Leishman posted 12 birdies and two eagles over the 72 holes but also made five double bogies and 10 bogies to fall down the standings.

His 75 in the brutal conditions on Saturday was far from poor play but the same score Sunday was less than his best; failing to make a single birdie in the final round despite easier conditions.

For the other Australians it was a frustrating week as the scoring over the first two days was the best in the history of the tournament.

Both Aaron Baddeley and John Senden were even par through 36 holes and two shots outside making the weekend, while Matt Jones and Steven Bowditch both struggled from the outset.