Golf-Sizzling Sydney charge fails to please Scott

By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A seven-under-par 65 on the second day of your national open would be a dream round for most players but the disgruntled look on Adam Scott's face at Royal Sydney on Friday told the story of a man with his own standards. The former U.S. Masters champion's putting might have been a major improvement on Thursday's display but, having missed a five-footer for another birdie at the last, Scott was clearly thinking only about the ones he left out on the course. Unfortunately, it took me 27 to get that kind of good golf out of me, so hopefully there's 36 good holes coming up." Scott claimed back-to-back wins in North America at the Honda Classic and WGC-Cadillac Championship in February and March this year, his first since he was forced to relinquish his long putter.

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