Adam Scott AM (b. 1980), golfer, won his first European title in 2001, his first full year as a professional. Adelaide-born and educated in Queensland, Scott had been urged to try his luck on the European tour by his hero Greg Norman, as well as his coach Butch Harmon. After two further European titles in 2002 he turned to the lucrative US PGA tour, where he scored his first tournament victory in 2003. In 2004 he won the Players Championship, golf’s so-called ‘fifth major’. In 2005 he reached golf’s top ten for the first time; and by January 2007, having finished equal third in the 2006 US PGA Championship, he was ranked number three in the world. Over the next several years, Scott won international tournaments including the Qatar Masters (2008), Australian Open (2009), Singapore Open (2010) and the Australian PGA Championship (2013); and was runner-up in the British Open of 2012. Having finished inside the tournament top ten two years running, in April 2013 he triumphed at the US Masters, becoming the first Australian to win the title. Between May and August 2014, he was the world’s number one ranked male golfer, the second Australian to hold that title. With 29 professional tournament wins under his belt, Scott is a regular model for the giant Japanese fashion store Uniqlo and sported pleated pants at Augusta in 2019.
Robin Sellick, photographer, grew up in Broken Hill, but made his way to New York in the 1990s and worked as an assistant to leading photographers including Annie Leibovitz and Mark Seliger. In 1994 he returned to Sydney. His creative use of light is a trademark of his work.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
© Robin Sellick
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves.
An interview with photographer Robin Sellick about his portrait of golfing champion Adam Scott.
Robin Sellick captured a rare moment of quietude from the late conservation star Steve Irwin.
