Scott misses out on home title after putter fails him

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Reuters: Adam Scott knows better than most how fickle the golfing gods can be. They were on his side last year when he needed them most, in the playoff with Angel Cabrera at the U.S. Masters, golf’s most pressure-packed tournament.

Adam Scott Scott held his nerve that time, sinking a clutch putt on the second extra hole to become the first Australian to win the coveted green jacket. But the golfing gods have not been kind to him since. On Sunday, at the Australian PGA championship in his home town, they were downright cruel. Despite splitting the fairways time and time again with his reliable booming drives, Scott was unable to get any of his pitches close enough to the hole to make the birdie he needed to clinch the title, which was decided in a three-way playoff with Greg Chalmers and Wade Ormsby. The playoff eventually went seven holes, with Scott missing chance after chance before finally handing the championship to Chalmers when he three putted from within 30 feet and Chalmers two putted from twice as far. “In a play off it is a lottery,” Scott said. “This one went on and on and on.” For Scott, it was not the first time he had let a tournament slip from his grasp. He was once branded a choker after blowing a four-shot lead with four holes to play in the 2012 British Open.