Golf-Scott and Simpson to follow different paths to U.S. Open

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By Andrew Both CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 13 (Reuters) - Adam Scott has heeded a warning that nobody who arrives only a couple of days before the U.S. Open will have a realistic chance of winning the June 18-21 championship at Chambers Bay near Seattle. Scott, the 2013 Masters champion who held the world number one ranking for 11 weeks last year, said he would be at Chambers Bay "a lot" in the weeks before the second major of the season. "I plan to be there for a significant period," the Australian told reporters on Wednesday on the eve of this week's Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow. "It looks like something quite unique and hearing Mike Davis's comments of (how) a person without good knowledge of the course won't have a chance shows me that certainly you're going to have to get a few rounds in and hopefully a few different conditions." U.S. Golf Association executive director Mike Davis said last month that Chambers Bay, a new links-style course adjacent to Puget Sound, would require extensive homework by the players.

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