Homewrecker Scott Leads; Says He's Unaware Of His Role In Stevie-Tiger Breakup
/Doug Ferguson on Adam Scott's opening 62 at Firestone and post round claims that he hasn't followed the Tiger-fires-Stevie-for-disloyalty story.
"To be honest, I haven't really been following it," Scott said Thursday after his 8-under 62 in the Bridgestone Invitational gave him a one-shot lead over Jason Day and left him six shots clear of Woods, who played for the first time since May 12.
"I don't really care," Scott said. "It's not my business. And until it really has an effect on me and how I'm going to play, then I'm not going to ... he's dealing with it the way he wants to deal with it. He's a big boy. He can handle it."
Gary Van Sickle on Scott cracking jokes after the round. 62's have a way of doing that.
So let's sum it up: Tiger fires Stevie. Adam hires Stevie. Tiger returns. Adam leads the tournament.
The golf writers covering this event are practically bathing in the irony, not to mention the free potato chips in the lunchroom. If the irony were running any thicker here, it would probably be ... ironic.
The easy-going, pleasant Scott is well aware of it. He's riding it like a surfer on a wave and enjoying the heck out of it so far.
"He just seems to have a lot of good rounds in him around this place, that's for sure," Scott said of Williams. After the laughter subsided, Scott said, "He didn't think it was a big deal to shoot 62. It was normal."