Just before the 2025 Crown Australian Open kicks off, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott sat down this week, intending to relive the drama of their iconic 2013 Australian Open showdown. The two battled head-to-head for nearly ten holes until McIlroy ultimately claimed the title. But that memory at the press conference revealed something previously unknown.

Scott reflected on how a bad 8-iron shot left the door open for McIlroy to snatch the title away ultimately.

“A bit of a heartbreaker…,” Adam Scott quipped, a particularly heartbreaking loss because he was entering the final day chasing a triple crown, winning the Masters earlier that year and the Australian PGA Championship the week before.

While McIlroy recollected the nerve-wracking Sunday, he remembered a peculiar thing about Scott

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