Sleep-deprived Scott laments Aussie tee times

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Australian golfing large Adam Scott says aboriginal starts and constricted slumber are impacting his signifier connected the course.

Scott, 42, changeable 1-under par connected time 1 of the Australian Open to beryllium tied for 22nd aft the archetypal 18 holes of the tourney successful Melbourne.

David Micheluzzi is the runaway clubhouse person aft blitzing the Victorian Golf Club circuit to sprout 7-under, starring by 3 shots from Josh Geary and Matthew Griffin.

The Australian Open is unrecorded connected Nine and 9Now from Thursday.

Grace Kim, 21, besides changeable 7-under to pb the women's draw.

Scott was playing astatine Kingston Heath, with the Open divided crossed 2 courses and besides featuring men and women playing concurrently for the archetypal time.

The 2013 Masters victor deed 7 birdies for the circular but began it with a bogey, and a treble bogey earlier the crook lone made things tougher.

"I played truly poorly and I putted truly well. I mean, it benignant of makes up for it but erstwhile you deed it arsenic atrocious arsenic that successful atrocious spots, it's hard to person a bully score," Scott said afterwards.

"It's hard to enactment a digit connected it close now. Sometimes it's easier to conscionable accidental that's play and determination connected to tomorrow.

"I truly didn't person bully bushed oregon power implicit the play nine and truthful the ball, but I did putt well.

"If I tin commencement swinging it bully time and the putts support going in, determination are bully scores retired here."

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Scott has been sleep-deprived since arriving successful Australia up of past week's PGA Championship successful Brisbane.

He has a three-hour pre-tee regular during tournaments, meaning a 6am tee clip gets him retired of furniture by 3am.

"Yeah, I don't know, excessively galore aboriginal mornings for me, I think," helium said aft his Australian Open round.

"It's due to the fact that we tee disconnected aboriginal each time present successful Australia. Last week it was 6am 3 days successful a enactment successful Queensland and 8am means you're up astatine 5 arsenic well, truthful determination hasn't been overmuch slumber with the jetlag coming backmost past week.

"And I'm not 25 anymore."

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