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DUBLIN, Ohio – One year ago at the Memorial, Adam Scott was not his normal, affable self.
Making his fifth start in as many weeks, the Aussie was closing out an unsuccessful bid to crack the top 60 in the world rankings in order to qualify for the U.S. Open. He spent his afternoons at Muirfield Village lamenting missed putts from short range and crunching projected finishes. He bristled at the notion of heading to sectional qualifying the day after the final round, a station seemingly beneath a Masters champ and former world No. 1.