By:
Jack Hirsh
January 16, 2023
Adam Scott performed the WM Phoenix Open for the primary time final 12 months, however he will not be again on the designated occasion this 12 months.
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With all of the altering and squeezing occasions into place for the 2023 PGA Tour Schedule, some issues received somewhat complicated. At the very least for Adam Scott, apparently.
After opening 2023 with back-to-back begins in Hawaii, Scott stated after his T21 end on the Sony Open he deliberate to take a few month off and head again to his residence in Australia. He stated we might return for the Genesis Invitational Feb. 16-19.
“I’ll simply be at residence training and enjoyable for somewhat bit,” Scott stated. “Getting ready myself for a fairly intense February via August.”
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With the brand new designated occasions, the schedule for a lot of of golf’s prime stars has develop into somewhat extra clear, particularly throughout a stretch in February and March when there are 4 designated occasions in 5 weeks, culminating on the Gamers Championship. However that additionally makes scheduling off weeks somewhat extra difficult.
Gamers are allowed to skip one of many 17 designated occasions earlier than it counts in opposition to their PIP bonus cash, and Scott will miss the WM Phoenix Open (he performed it for the primary time final 12 months), which begins the four-out-of-five-week run of designated occasions. Every week later is the Genesis.
However Scott, who was introduced Monday as a brand new member of the PGA Tour’s Participant Advisory Council, didn’t truly intend for it to go down this fashion. He chalked it as much as some confusion over the brand new schedule.
“I don’t have a great cause for you,” the 42-year-old stated. “The embarrassing cause is I truly thought it went Phoenix, Pebble, LA, so I didn’t even think about it from the start.”
The Phoenix Open was performed the week earlier than the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am up till final 12 months. With the Tremendous Bowl transferring every week later, Pebble and Phoenix traded locations on the schedule so the Phoenix occasion would keep on Tremendous Bowl weekend.
After all, it’s not too late for Scott’s schedule to alter, however he appears content material with the journey schedule as is.
“I believe spending somewhat time at residence in Australia appears too good for me after two and a half years of not going residence, so an additional week is good,” he stated.
Jack Hirsh
Golf.com Editor
Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is 2020 graduate of Penn State College, incomes levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf crew and nonetheless *tries* to stay aggressive in native amateurs. Earlier than becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but additionally producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate. He will be reached at [email protected].