I keep telling people that Aussie Adam Scott is the next Tiger Woods.

But so far he’s mostly the next Greg Norman.

Though Scott is up to #3 on the money list (he just won the Tour Championship), few are pegging him the guy to knock off Tiger.

In winning his fourth US Tour event by three strokes, he shot four rounds in the 60s, including an impeccable final-round four-under 66, to earn $1.52 million and vault to third on the 2006 money list behind Woods and Furyk.

“My game has come a long way (this year), but I think I’ve come a long way in some other players’ minds, and that’s nice,” Scott said.

As well as boosting his 2006 prizemoney to $6.5 million, Scott consolidated his position as world No. 4, having risen from No. 8.

From an Australian perspective, he has also fertilised the growing belief that he is going to be the player we all long for to replace Norman as an enduring global star.

No Australian has been higher in the rankings since Norman, who was No. 1 for 331 weeks in the late 1980s and 1990s. And no Australian in his mid-20s has been able to look so much in command of his game and his mind in the heat of the last day. Ever.

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Adam Scott and Greg Norman