Australian golfer Adam Scott says he’s more disappointed not to win this year’s Open Championship than last year’s, when he squandered a four-shot lead with four holes to play.

Scott bogeyed each of the last four at Lytham to lose out by one to Ernie Els, but the Aussie rates his share of third place at Muirfield last month as a greater missed opportunity.

The Masters champion took the outright lead with a birdie on the 11th in the final round, only to bogey four holes in a row from the 13th to scupper his chances of adding the Claret Jug to the Green Jacket he won at Augusta in April.

“I think I was probably more disappointed at the Open this year than last,” the 33-year-old said on Tuesday ahead of this week’s US PGA Championship at Oak Hill.

“I worked really hard to get myself in a position with nine holes to go, because I got off to a slow start on Sunday, and I felt that I had a bit of momentum going my way.

“In the space of about 45 minutes, to go from leading to not even having a chance on the 16th tee was more disappointing, probably more so than at Lytham.”

Phil Mickelson’s four birdies in the last six holes set the clubhouse target no one was able to catch, meaning all three majors this year have been won by players inside the world’s top 10.

That statistic bodes well for the likes of Scott at Oak Hill, where he was four off the lead at halfway in 2003 before finishing 23rd behind surprise winner Shaun Micheel.

“It was really pleasing to play well again at the Open just a couple weeks ago, so I feel like I’m in some kind of form coming into the PGA this week,” Scott added.

“I’d really love to get myself in there with a chance to kind of bookend the Masters with a PGA Championship for this year.”