Golf-Scott sets higher goals for game's biggest events

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

KAPALUA, Hawaii, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Almost five years have slipped away since Adam Scott won the biggest title of his career at the Players Championship and he is eager to regain the winning habit in golf's premier events.

Although the athletic Australian has triumphed six times on the PGA Tour and also on the European circuit, he has yet to make his mark on the game's biggest stage -- the majors.

"I have high expectations for myself and I think I've done well but I could have achieved more," Scott told reporters on Tuesday while preparing for this week's Mercedes-Benz Championship. "But it's all part of the process.

"Winning the Players Championship was great but it feels like a lifetime ago now, and it's gone quick," he added, referring to the tournament at Sawgrass widely regarded as the unofficial fifth major.

"You know, that's what I want to feel again. I want to feel that big win. A lot of hard work went into that, and that's what I want to get back in to doing."

Scott clinched his sixth PGA Tour title at last year's Byron Nelson Championship but described his injury-plagued 2008 campaign as a frustrating one overall.

"It was a good year for me to look back on and learn a lot out of it," the 28-year-old said. "It was the first time in my career that I had really struggled, and it wasn't even really struggling on the course.

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