Interest in golf started when he was about four years old after his father, Phil, taught him the game at a par-3 course in Adelaide, South Australia.

Phil got Adam started in golf by hitting large balls and gradually worked down to a golf ball. For example, when Adam had plastic clubs as a youngster, Phil had him hit a beachball.

Also excelled at cricket, tennis, and soccer throughout his youth.

Teammates in his season and a half at UNLV included future multi-time PGA TOUR winner Charley Hoffman, who was a senior when Scott was a freshman for the 1998-99 season.

Hobbies include photography and architecture, as his wife, Marie, is an architect.

An avid surfer; he picked it up when his family lived in the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast in Australia.

Favorite sports team is the Adelaide Crows, an Australian rules football club.

Earned the 2020 Jim Murray Award from the Golf Writers Association of America for reflecting the most positive aspects of the working relationship between athletes and journalists.

Recognized for his significant service to golf at the elite level in Australia, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours list on Monday, June 13, 2022.

Played one and a half seasons (1998-99) at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As a freshman at UNLV -- and what would be his only full season with the program -- finished 11th individually at the 1999 NCAA Championship, contested at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota.

Left UNLV after the fall semester of the 1999-2000 season, midway through his sophomore campaign. Maintained his amateur status for roughly six months between the time he left UNLV and turned professional in 2000.

Spent the summer of 1997 playing high-level junior tournaments with a goal of qualifying for the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Aronimink Golf Club; he accomplished his goal, though he lost in the second round of match play.

Competed at the 1996 and 1997 Junior World Championships at Torrey Pines, notably finishing T8 in 1997 -- the same year Trevor Immelman was the runner-up finisher to Kevin Stadler.