Adam Scott ahead of the pack in past eight majors Adam Scott watches his tee shot on the fourth at Oak Hill furing the final round of the PGA Championship. Jason Dufner and his wife Amanda get to grips with the Wanamaker Trophy. ADAM Scott didn't win the US PGA Championship yesterday, but yet another high finish at a major has not escaped the attention of Tiger Woods. He's played well over the last few years. He's really turned his game around," Woods said of Scott, who finished tied for fifth at Oak Hill. He's been in probably, what, three-quarters of (majors), or half of them, with a chance to win them? Indeed, the 33-year-old Queenslander has been the most consistent performer at the majors over the past two seasons. He's four under par over the past eight majors. The only other players who have made every cut in that time are yesterday's winner Jason Dufner and Woods. But Scott's cumulative score is 16 strokes better than Dufner's and 26 better than Woods. That means I'm playing really good. I'm doing something right," Scott said. I wish it added up to more than one win in eight. Rest assured, he's hungry for more than just the green jacket he won at the Masters. "I'm going to try to do all the right things between now and next April and go back and try to defend (at Augusta National) and get stuck into it again," he said. Scott tried to claim bookend majors yesterday but didn't have enough firepower to catch Dufner, who put on a ball-striking clinic reminiscent of his hero, Ben Hogan. Scott finished with a topsy-turvy round of 70, featuring five birdies and five bogeys. "I wished I could have played better but I really didn't," he said. If I'd been out there and played great and missed a ton of putts, then I would be disappointed right now. But I knew I would have had to get to double digits (under par) because it's perfect. They set the course up well. Dufner did take advantage of the conditions and shot a two-under-par round of 68 that could have been better had he not been so nervous with the putter. Jim Furyk, whom Dufner beat by two shots, is 43 and has stood alongside Woods and Phil Mickelson in full flight and battled Ernie Els and Vijay Singh when they were at their best. The veteran American is not easily impressed. But when it was over and Dufner tapped in from six inches, Furyk embraced him and told him he'd played one of the great rounds in major championship history. He hit three iron shots within a foot of the hole where he had tap-ins for birdie. He played incredible. He played a great round of golf," Furyk said. I have no regrets. I played my heart out. I have a lot of respect for the way Jason played and how well he struck the ball. If he got hot with the putter today, who knows what he would have shot. I don't know if it makes anything easy, or less easy, but I don't look at it as I lost the golf tournament. I look at it as I got beat by somebody that played better. Dufner barely raised his arms in muted celebration when he won. He is a notorious flatliner. When he was asked why he didn't show more emotion, he - of course - shrugged. (Other) sports are a little bit more exciting. Big plays in basketball, home runs in baseball, big plays in football that will get you pumped up," he said. For me, golf is a little bit more boring. It's pretty matter-of-fact. I hit in the fairway or I didn't; I hit the green or I didn't. Usually, I'm struggling with the putter, so there's not too much to get excited about with that. Indeed, his caddie later said the only time he'd seen him nervous was on his wedding day. "Probably not," Dufner responded, almost cracking a smile. I was pretty nervous on that first three-footer today. I come across as a pretty cool customer, I guess. But there are definitely some nerves out there, especially when you're trying to win a major championship. Dufner knows about those nerves because he felt them two years ago, in the US PGA at Atlanta Athletic Club when he stumbled late and was reeled in by a red-hot Keegan Bradley. "I was probably over what happened in Atlanta, 95 per cent of it, by the time we got back home at (Alabama)," Dufner said. But you always carry those scars with you. And Bradley - who has become his good friend and yesterday returned to the course to personally congratulate him - didn't mind rubbing a little salt in those wounds. "He always jabbed me a little bit about having one of these in his house, and thanks for giving it to him and all that stuff," Dufner said. And now I've got one, too. It's pretty neat to come back and win a PGA, to be honest with you. Scott was not the only Australian with a good finish yesterday. Jason Day got his third top 10 of the year in a major when he shot a three-under 67. Scott will now turn his focus to the rich FedEx Cup Playoffs on the US tour but it's clear his real goals remain the majors. "I think I led every major at some point during the week," he said. Obviously, I'm peaking at the right times. It's hard to stay there for four days and have the lead the whole time, but I feel like I'm improving still.