PGA Tour Blog: On my Players win

Twenty years ago, Adam Scott of Australia announced his arrival on golf’s biggest stage by winning The Players Championship at The Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the PGA Tour’s flagship $25-million tournament this week, Scott reflects on his famous victory and what it means in his illustrious career, which includes 14 PGA Tour career titles.

I think The Players Championship is an event every player wants to win. Certainly when you're talking about the greats of the game and major champions, you want The Players Championship to complement all those other great wins. To get a Players win early in my career in 2004 was amazing. TPC Sawgrass is such a fantastic venue and I think it's wide open to everyone who competes that week, and it really comes down to the best player winning most of the time. It's an event I have really fond memories of, and I've always enjoyed playing there. It would be fantastic to win it again 20 years on. 

To me, it's an event like the majors, that it is revered around the world. Obviously going back to TPC Sawgrass every year is helpful and the famous island green on the par-3 17th hole has become notorious in the game of golf and we've seen so much drama over the years. I think by having a large list of international winners, it certainly has a special meaning around the world.

The players feel a real ownership of the event and a real pride in the event. I think the venue has held up over the years too despite all the developments in the game. It's a great test and a great venue, and it is one of my favorites every year.

Since my Players win, I've played a lot of golf and I've traveled a lot but in other ways, I still have such vivid memories of winning the tournament that it was almost like yesterday. I have those feelings over the last few holes still fresh in my memory.

Winning The Players was a huge deal at that point in my career. It is certainly one of the biggest tournaments and is clearly above all other tournaments on the PGA Tour. For a 23-year-old kid to become the youngest winner back then, and to beat a great field on an incredible test of a golf course was a big boost for my