Adam Scott's switch to a conventional putter won't derail his bid to become a golfing great, his favoured caddy Steve Williams says.
Scott has given up his broomstick putter in the past two tournaments, ahead of a rule change from next year which bans the anchored stroke used with long putters.
Scott initially switched to a long putter in 2011 and won the US Masters two years later - his sole major tournament victory.
"It's early in the piece but I have caddied the first two tournaments for Adam since he's changed to the short putter, at the Japan Open and last week at the CIMB Classic," Williams told AAP on Thursday.
"He putted good at the Japan Open, he putted great last week.
"So I don't see any reason, based on what I have seen for two weeks, that he can't continue to be a good putter."
Scott finished second at the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur and tied seventh at the Japan Open in mid-October.
Williams has come out of retirement to caddy for Scott and will be on the Queenslander's bag for up to 10 tournaments next year, including all four majors.
"My immediate goal is to see Adam win another major championship," Williams said.
"I have complete faith in him and belief in him that he can do that.
"I have always said to a lot of guys who have won one (major), you have got to win two to be remembered as one of the great players."
Williams was Scott's caddy at the 2013 Masters when he became the first Australian to win the coveted tournament and took the job out of friendship and curiosity.
"I have always been good friends with Adam," he said.
"He has always been so nice to me and someone I have always had a great respect for, but also on the other hand I had wondered why he didn't do better in the big tournaments.
"I mean, he has had a wonderful career but the big tournaments, he had not been a factor in.
"So having worked with him a little bit, I could see some pieces of the jigsaw that were missing and some things I thought maybe could change.
"And it was fantastic.
"He had a run for two or three years there where he was the lowest aggregate scorer in the four majors, he was the most consistent player in the majors.
"To be a part of that and see him get No.1 in the world, to be the second Australian to do that, was absolutely fantastic."
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