GOLF Magazine Assistant Editor
Last year, a young Aussie, Geoff Ogilvy, took the U.S. Open title as Phil Mickelson stumbled on the 72nd hole. By most predictions, that young Aussie should have been Adam Scott, who had been tapped as Australia's next great champion. Well, this year at Oakmont, Scott has the opportunity and the ability to make good on the PGA prognosticators.
Sure, Scott had a disastrous Sunday finish in Memphis, but he has been playing very well lately. He tied for sixth at the star-studded Players and fifth at the Memorial. He's yet to miss a cut this year and has four top 10s. But how will he fare on Oakmont's wildly contoured greens? Scott's in the top 15 in putting average, and he's hitting 68 percent of greens in regulation. As long as he can steer clear of the U.S. Open's graduated rough, he'll make a legitimate run at a back-to-back Aussie victory.
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