Free-rolling Adam Scott hopes a final-hole fightback can propel him all the way to a fairytale US Open triumph.
It seems far-fetched after Scott and Australia's other golf stars were left playing catch up once more following grinding starts to the year's second major championship in North Carolina.
But Scott, contesting his 92nd consecutive major, truly believes after draining a long birdie putt at the last hole to salvage an even-par 70 at penal Pinehurst No.2.