Adam Scott left his biggest disappointment of the 2013 US PGA season for last but at least this one was out of his control.
The Masters champion was in a great position to crown his best ever year in golf with a Tour Championship, FedEx Cup and multi-million dollar payday after the opening two rounds at East Lake but an untimely stomach flu obliterated his chances.
Opening with 65-69 to be seven-under, Scott faded from second place with scores of 74-69 over the weekend into a tie for 14th, forced to watch Swede Henrik Stenson take the two trophies and the $US11.44 million ($A12.27 million).
Scott finishes the season in fourth place on the season long points list, which still brings a $US1.5 million ($A1.61 million) bonus and became the first Australian to win the green jacket.
He was also in the mix at the British Open and PGA Championship and won the first playoff event at the Barclays.
But the pain of what could have been was still fresh in Atlanta after he was almost forced to withdraw due to the illness.
Losing the chance at both titles, the massive payday, and most likely his chance at Player of the Year, stung hard.
“I am probably the most disappointed I have been all year right now,” the world No.2 said.
“It’s not been a fun weekend at all and it’s poor timing because I felt like this was going to be the most exciting weekend of the year for me other than the majors.
“I had set myself up for it so I am disappointed for sure but hopefully I can come back next year.”
Jason Day finished his season by joining Scott on the leaderboard in 14th, enough to have him 17th on the season points list.
While winless since 2010 the year was a huge bounce back for Day who had just four top 10s in 2012 to be 88th on the year.
The 25-year-old failed to miss a cut all season and notched up a runner up finish at the US Open, a third place finish at the Masters and another top 10 at the PGA Championship as part of seven top 10s.
“It’s been a good year and I’m very pleased with how I played. I worked very hard and it’s good to see the work pay off,” Day said.
“Unfortunately I didn’t win this year but I am pleased with how I performed and handled myself in the big events and that’s a positive moving forward.
“I had a tough year last year so this was a good bounce back year and I’m looking forward to getting down to Australia to play later this year.”
