British Open: Most disappointing performances from Portrush

ROCHESTER, NY - AUGUST 08: (L-R) Adam Scott of Australia and Phil Mickelson of the United States finish their round on the 18th hole during the first round of the 95th PGA Championship on August 8, 2013 in Rochester, New York. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) /

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PORTRUSH, NORTHERN IRELAND – JULY 19: Adam Scott of Australia tees off the 6th during the second round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 19, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) /

Adam Scott

Adam Scott had been playing fantastic this year in majors. At the Masters he finished T-18th, shooting 69-68-72-73. Things would get better from there.

At the PGA Championship, he would get his first top ten major finish of the year, ending up T-8th. He had a spectacular day two and finished his week off with scores of 71-64-72-74.

The U.S. Open was even better, where Scott would finish T-7th. This time, he posted rounds of 70-69-71-68, his first strong Sunday finish of a major.

For good reason, people were confident in how Scott would play heading into this year’s British Open. He had a great run from 2012-2015, finishing 2nd, T-3rd, T-5th, and T-10th.

With all of the data and good play that Scott had backing him, he seemed like a sure bet to make the cut, and even make a run at his second major. Plenty of people were in his corner.

Like the two people before him on this list, Scott came out and shot a 78 as well. He could only find one birdie during his opening round, adding two doubles and four bogeys.

Friday ended up being an up-and-down round and finished at 73. Three birdies were offset by his three bogeys, and a double on 18 got him to a final score of 78-73, for 151.

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