Published: July 20, 2019
- Scott and Day race the clock to avoid becoming ‘one-major wonders’
- Scott turns 40 next year, while Day is 31
The clock’s ticking after Adam Scott and Jason Day ended a decade of excellence as frustrated one-major winners after their bitterly disappointing British Open flops. Revealing statistics show Australia’s pair of former world No.1s trail only Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson for most top-10 showings at the past 40 major championships.
All four stars boast an incredible strike rate at finishing on the leaderboard since 2010 at golf’s four biggest events with McIlroy (18) narrowly edging Johnson (16), Scott (15) and Day (15). The quartet’s numbers of top-five and top-three results are also strikingly similar - and equally impressive - but it’s McIlroy’s conversion rate that sets him apart.
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