Adam Scott Ties Presidents Cup Record Still Seeking a Win

Adam Scott will make a record-tying 12th Presidents Cup appearance this week at Medinah Country Club, still chasing the one result that has eluded him since his debut in 2003: a win over the United States.

How does Adam Scott's Presidents Cup record compare to history?

At 46, Scott is the elder statesman of the International Team, a 14-time PGA Tour winner, a Masters champion and former world No. 1 who has made 101 consecutive major championship starts. He is ranked 45th in the world and arrives off a runner-up finish at the DP World Tour's BMW PGA Championship last week.

Scott has played in every Presidents Cup since 2003, a run of 12 teams and 54 matches that ties Phil Mickelson for the most appearances and trails only Mickelson's career total of 55 matches, a mark Scott is expected to surpass this week. He has been an automatic qualifier 11 times, with his only captain's pick coming in 2009 at TPC Harding Park. His overall record is 20-28-6, more individual losses than the combined 26 losses of the entire U.S. roster.

How close has Scott come to winning?

The International team has lost 10 of the 12 editions Scott has played and tied the other, that 2003 match at Fancourt in South Africa, where the competition ended when a playoff between Ernie Els and Tiger Woods was halted by darkness. Scott's nearest miss came in 2015 in South Korea, a one-point loss, and again in 2019 at Royal Melbourne, where the Internationals carried a 9-5 lead into Sunday singles before falling 16-14, their closest run at a win since 1998. Scott has said of that loss, "I felt like I'd let the side down."

Twelve appearances, 54 matches, zero wins — Scott's record is the story of the International team itself.

Why does his record matter to this team?

Teammates have described Scott as a fixture of the International side who the team wants to win for as much as for itself, and International captain Geoff Ogilvy has said it is hard to fathom that a player who has qualified for 12 straight teams still hasn't won. Scott himself argues the margins have been thinner than the scorelines suggest, pointing to how often closing holes have swung matches toward the Americans in tight contests, a pattern he sees echoed in Europe's recent Ryder Cup results too.

Twelve appearances, 54 matches, zero wins. That search continues this week at Medinah, where the International Team is again a heavy underdog against a U.S. side that has won 13 of the last 15 editions.