Adam Scott's Impromptu Rendition Of "Come on Aussie!"
/Many were wondering what Adam Scott screamed in his moment of triumph after sinking the birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the Masters. Just as CBS's Ian Baker-Finch nailed the interpretation--and great call by CBS to keep the Australian golfing great involved in the final moments of the telecast to lend perspective and emotion--it was "Come On Aussie."
John Strege reviews the telecast and other Sunday media, including the CBS announcers doing some impressive lip reading:
"Did I just lip-read him, 'come on Aussies?'" Faldo asked. A slow-motion replay confirmed it.
"There's a great song at home called 'Come On Aussie, Come on,'" Australian native Ian Baker-Finch said. "That's what we've all been saying."
Here's the first verse, a fitting ode to Scott and Australian golf:
"It's been a long time comin' "To silence all that drummin' "To show them that it wasn't just a dream."
In the post round press conference, yours truly asked for a confirmation. Here was Scott's answer:
Q. On 18 in regulation, when you reacted, it looked like you were saying something; do you remember what you said?
ADAM SCOTT: Yeah. Come on, Aussie. Yeah, that's right. I did, yeah. It was maybe a natural reaction. That's from back in my cricket days probably.
I don't know if Steve appreciated me yelling that straight toward him (laughter) but whatever. Maybe the one time he doesn't mind.
You can find that winning moment on the Masters.com video page somewhere, perhaps sitting through a highlight video that does not have a link.
Or you can wait a few hours and we can watch an unauthorized YouTube version through some person's iphone camera and television screen.
