INCHEON, Korea, Republic Of -- Adam Scott has seven Presidents Cup logos on his bag to show how many teams he has made.
Except for one tie, those cups are empty.
No player symbolizes the futility of the International team more than Scott, simply because he has been around the longest. And no other player on the International team is more determined to end more than a decade of losing for the same reason.
"I'll speak for myself, but I feel I'm more invested than ever in this event," Scott said Wednesday after the final day of practice for the matches at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea. "We don't have a crystal ball, and anything can happen in this game. But I believe we're moving closer to a great competition."
That's what he thought when the 35-year-old Australian made his Presidents Cup debut in South Africa in 2003.
Those matches ended in chaos and eventually a tie when Ernie Els and Tiger Woods were in a sudden-death playoff to decide the Presidents Cup when it was too dark to continue. The captains, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, suggested a draw was the appropriate conclusion. But when Nicklaus casually mentioned that a tie meant the Americans would keep the cup as the defending champion, no player spoke louder than Scott on the second green.
