Scott is about to do what only Nicklaus has before. This is the hilarious response from golf’s greatest

As Australia’s Adam Scott prepares to join golf legend Jack Nicklaus as the only people to have played 100 consecutive majors, he can’t help but dwell on the fact he has won just one major.

“Even with my math, I can figure the strike rate out,” Scott said ahead of this week’s US Open. “I’d love a better record for sure. I’d love to be a multiple major champion.”

He was world No.1 for 11 weeks in 2014. He has won 14 PGA Tour events. His golf swing is as attractive as an ocean view, and he has the durability of a Tuckeroo tree.

But the fact remains, that famous play-off victory in 2013 when he became the first – and to date only – Australian to have won the US Masters, stands alone as his only win in a major tournament.

Scott’s quest to put another trophy next to his green Masters jacket has helped him to stay motivated playing the maddening game of golf, despite the crushing disappointment of being so close yet so far on many occasions.

“Deep down, I probably have an incredible amount of pride in my work. Along with that, I’ve had a fairly disciplined focus of trying to achieve all my dreams in the game, which is winning multiple majors and other events. In the tougher moments, that’s what’s got me through,” Scott said.

“I’m almost too proud to fall off the map or fail. Of course, I fail on a weekly basis when you don’t win but, understanding the game, you know that’s not going to happen every week ... I’m proud [to have] maintained this level of intensity for 25 years.”

Scott was runner-up in the 2011 Masters and blew his chance to win the British Open in 2012 when he led by four shots with four holes to play only to lose by one stroke to South African Ernie Els after dropping five shots in the final four holes. But he kept coming, winning the Masters the next season. His consistency saw him start in the final group at last year’s US Open before horrendous weather destroyed his last round.

He has finished in the top 10 on 20 occasions (including his win) and missed the cut 22 times – a professional hazard – but his round-after-round consistency has won him the admiration of his peers.

Scott has an interesting take when it comes to that consistency. He suspects it has lost its lustre as his career has progressed, with few valuing that trait as they did when he started out.

“It’s a changing society. It’s not just golf. Everything’s Insta this and Insta that, and did you play any good last week? That’s kind of what counts,” Scott said.

“I see a big shift from when I was learning the game in my teenage years and looking up to professionals – consi