With this victory: Adam Scott

By Joel Schuchmann
PGATOUR.com Staff
 

Fourth official PGA TOUR victory in 90th start on TOUR at the age of 26 years, 3 months, 21 days
2003 Deutsche Bank Championship
2004 THE PLAYERS Championship, Booz Allen Classic
2005 Nissan Open (unofficial 36-hole win)
2006 THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola

International Victories: 7
2001 Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship [SAf]. 2002 Qatar Masters [Eur], Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship [Eur]. 2003 Scandic Carlsberg Scandinavian Masters [Eur]. 2005 Singapore Open [Asia], Johnnie Walker Classic [Eur]. 2006 Barclays Singapore Open [Asia]

2006 NOTES
Fourth-youngest winner on TOUR this season.

Moves to a career-best third on season-ending TOUR money list with $4,978,858, thanks to paycheck of $1,170,000.

10th top-10 performance in 19 starts. Seventh top-3 finish.

Eighth TOUR victory by Australian in 2006 (Appleby-2, Ogilvy-2, Pampling, Baddeley, Senden, Scott).

Earns a trip to the winners-only 2007 Mercedes Championships in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.

THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola Notes
Adam Scott TOUR Championship 72-hole statistics:

 Category		Statistic	Percentage	Rank
Driving Distance	290.0		--		T6
Driving Accuracy	37 of 56	66.1%		T4
Greens in Regulation	50 of 72	69.4%		T6
Putts Per Round		27.75		--		T1
Putting Average		1.720		--		T3

Youngest player to win THE TOUR Championship since Tiger Woods in 1999 (Champions Golf Club) at the age of 23 years, 10 months and one day. Third-youngest winner of THE TOUR Championship history behind Woods and David Duval (1997, 25 years, 11 months and 24 days).

17th player (of 591) to post all four rounds in the 60s in the history of THE TOUR Championship, and the seventh winner to do so:

 Year	Player		Course
1987	Tom Watson	Oak Hills CC	
1990	Jodie Mudd	Champions GC	
1999	Tiger Woods	Champions GC	
2000	Phil Mickelson	East Lake GC	
2001	Mike Weir	Champions GC	
2005	Bart Bryant	East Lake GC	
2006	Adam Scott	East Lake GC

First Australian champion of THE TOUR Championship and the fourth international champion, joining Mike Weir (Canada, 2001), Vijay Singh (Fiji, 2002) and Retief Goosen (South Africa, 2004).

Along with Ernie Els, the only two players without a three-putt this week. Finished T1 in Putts Per Round this week at 27.75. He entered THE TOUR Championship T138 in Putts Per Round (29.38).

CAREER NOTES
Adam Scott PGA TOUR leads entering the final round (4-1, 0-0 majors)

 Year Tournament           	Lead            54-hole total   Finish
2003 Deutsche Bank Championship	3 strokes	-15 (198)	1
2004 THE PLAYERS Championship	2 strokes	-10 (206)	1
2004 Booz Allen Classic		6 strokes	-18 (195)	1
2006 EDS Byron Nelson Champ.	Tied		-11 (199)	T3
2006 TOUR Championship		3 strokes	-7 (203)	1

Vaults from 52nd to 44th on the all-time PGA TOUR money list with $12,977,216.

 			2006 PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Tournaments entered--19; in money--17; top-10 finishes--10

BIRTHDATE:  July 16, 1980		BIRTHPLACE: Adelaide, Australia
RESIDES:  Hope Island, Australia	FAMILY: single
HEIGHT:  6-0				WEIGHT:  170
TURNED PROFESSIONAL:  2000		INTERESTS: All sports, biographies, clothes