AP - With three months left in the year, Adam Scott is just getting warmed up as he looks to bounce back from a disappointing end to a winless season.
The Presidents Cup is the start of a busy golfing stretch for the 35-year-old Australian, who will be playing seven of the next nine weeks in six countries on three continents, all but one of them counting toward the world ranking.
The biggest change for Scott is that two of them count toward the US PGA Tour's lucrative FedEx Cup next season, after he dropped out of the season-ending four-tournament playoff series at the first tournament due to insufficient points.
After playing for the Internationals in this week's Presidents Cup clash with the United States in South Korea, world No.14 Scott will play the Japan Open, and then picked up two US PGA Tour starts by playing the CIMB Classic in Malaysia and the HSBC Champions in Shanghai.
He then heads home for the Australian Masters (Nov 19-22, Huntingdale) and Australian Open (Nov 26-29, The Australian) before returning to his other home, the Bahamas, for the Hero World Challenge.
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"There's no doubt you're rewarded in the FedEx Cup by playing more," Scott said.
"I was surprised by my FedEx Cup number when I was out and my money rank - 67 (money list) and 106 (FedEx Cup). That's a big difference. The answer is always to play better, and I didn't. But look, I certainly see it as a positive to go to CIMB and HSBC and start quickly. Then I don't feel like I've given up the rest of the fall to the guys."
And then he takes his big winter break? Not necessarily.
"I'm not discouraged by this year, but I sat back and had to watch everybody play well after playing so well myself the last few years," he said.
"I want to make sure I'm in it by April (the Masters), so I think there will be less of a break."
While his schedule is not set, 2013 Masters champion Scott said he might play the Sony Open in Honolulu on his way back from Australia.
He also plans to play in either the Northern Trust Open - he said LA's Riviera is "my favourite track on tour" - or the Honda Classic.
That would give him an additional three starts compared with what he played this last season on the PGA Tour.
Scott also confirmed he will have master-caddie back on his bag for 10 events in 2016 - presumably the biggest ones.
Scott lured Williams out of early retirement this year when he brought him back for the US Open, British Open, World Golf Championship and the US PGA Championship.
"I tried to get him out as much as possible, but he clearly doesn't want to be out here all the time," Scott said. "There's an incredible value with Steve, and we both feel we have some unfinished business. He's going to 10 events."
