A decade and a half after Adam Scott “won” a truncated (and unofficial) 36-hole tournament here, the Aussie emerged as the last man standing on a frenetic Sunday at an unseasonably fiery Riviera.
How will the Olympic fields be determined? Or more to the point for some people, will Tiger Woods be playing for the United States this summer or will Adam Scott finally don the green and gold?
Adam Scott has Augusta on his mind after staving off a host of challengers – and plundering a timely eagle at 15 – to claim his second Australian PGA Championship at RACV Royal Pines Resort on Sunday.
Battling a ligament injury in his right hand, Herbert played hesitantly as he missed the cut at the Australian Open a fortnight ago, but was troubled on only a couple of occasions in his round of 67 today.
The retired Origin great and Cowboys premiership hero was one of the headline acts in Wednesday's Australian PGA Championship pro-am at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.
Spectators will come to Royal Pines to see and hear how differently Champ hits a golf ball but he hopes that they leave with a far broader understanding of what he believes in.
The man whose career has been defined by his individual brilliance was crying tears of joy after orchestrating a team triumph that was much more difficult than most would have imagined.
