HP Byron Nelson Champ. spotlight: Adam Scott

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Each week during the 2009 season, PGATOUR.COM will spotlight one key player in the field. (Click here to see previous spotlights.) For this week's HP Byron Nelson Championship, it's defending champion Adam Scott.

Consider this file to be your one-stop source for everything concerning Adam this week, with links to Adam-related content, notes, stats, video and other multimedia elements. Then, once competition starts, we'll update this file every day with Adam's results and statistics after each round in Irving, Texas.

Wednesday
READ: Scott's pre-tournament interview transcript | More transcripts
VIDEO: Scott's pre-tournament interview | More videos

Featured content

TOP 100. Where did Adam land in our 2009 season preview of 100 players to watch? Click here for Top 100 profile HAVE PATIENCE. Melanie Hauser says Adam Scott is too talented not to break out of his current slump, and she's still holding a spot for him on the major short-list. Click here for story ADAM SCOTT'S BLOG Scott has written a blog for PGATOUR.COM after several events this season. Read Scott's thoughts on his year and on defending his title at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. Click here story NO. 6 FOR SCOTT. It took a clutch birdie putt in the final hole of regulation and a 48-footer on the third playoff hole, but Scott survived to earn his sixth win at TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas in 2008. Click here for story A HELPING HAND. Australian Scott hosted a putting competition and golfing demonstration to raise funds for the Victorian Bushfire Relief Appeal earlier this year. Click here for story PLAYER PAGE. Want more on Adam? On his PGATOUR.COM player page, you can check out his results through the years or how he ranks on TOUR in certain statistical categories. Click here for player page

Featured videos

VOICES: ADAM SCOTT. How are surfing and golf alike? Adam Scott explains his love for the waves in this video. Click here to watch BIG WIN IN TEXAS. With a dramatic 48-foot putt on the third playoff hole last year, 27-year-old Adam Scott won his sixth PGA TOUR event at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. Click here to watch PICTURE PERFECT. Go behind the scenes with Aussie heartthrob Adam Scott during a photo shoot with Ocean Drive Magazine Click here to watch NOT AFRAID OF WATER. Look back at two of Adam Scott's victories where he ran into trouble with water on the left at the 72nd hole. Click here to watch

Take Five

Five things you should know about Adam Scott

Scott's caddie, Tony Navarro, was the long-time looper for Greg Norman, Scott's fellow countryman, mentor and golf hero. Norman and Scott's coach, Butch Harmon, urged Scott to play several seasons on the European Tour. He currently has six wins on that circuit. Scott is one of only two players born after 1980 to have reached the top five in the Official World Golf Ranking. The other is Sergio Garcia. Scott and his father Phil, a former golf pro and long-time course designer, are working on their first signature golf course two hours south of Sydney, Australia, near Seven Mile Beach. Scott won the PGA TOUR and European Tour in 2008 despite breaking his right pinky finger after slamming it in a car door and suffering a knee injury while surfing.

Adam Scott: Six career titles

Of the twentysomethings on the PGA TOUR, only Scott and Garcia have more than three wins. Take a look at Scott's TOUR victories:

Tournament Age Comment 2003 Deutsche Bank Championship 23 In just his 34th start, Scott won on TOUR and became the youngest to do so since a 21-year-old Garcia won the 2002 Mercedes Championships. 2004 THE PLAYERS Championship 23 When the Aussie won at TPC Sawgrass, he was the youngest winner of THE PLAYERS Championship. 2004 Booz Allen Classic 23 It was his first start at TPC Avenel, but that didn't stop Scott from tying the tournament record of 21-under 263 on his way to a third win. 2006 THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola 26 He became the first Aussie and third-youngest player to win THE TOUR Championship when he won the season-ending event at East Lake Golf Club in 2006. 2007 Shell Houston Open 26 Scott hit his tee shot into a water hazard on the 72nd hole but saved par by rolling in a 48-foot putt to beat Stuart Appleby. 2008 EDS Byron Nelson Championship 27 He held a three-stroke lead at the start of the final round but needed a 9-foot birdie putt to make a playoff with Ryan Moore by the end of the day.

Note: Scott also earned an unofficial victory at the 2005 Nissan Open, which was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.