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MIAMI. — Adam Scott made two double bogeys in the first five holes then roared back with six birdies over the next nine to fire a final-round 69 and claim the World Golf Championships Cadillac Championship on Sunday.

The 35-year-old Australian, whose lone major crown came at the 2013 Masters, won in back-to-back weeks after capturing the nearby PGA Honda Classic last Sunday.

Scott, who was second to US star Bubba Watson at Riviera two weeks ago, took his 29th worldwide triumph and 13th US PGA event victory with a 72-hole total of 12-under 276 to edge two-time Masters champion Watson by a single shot at Doral’s Blue Monster course.

Scott said on Sunday he feels like when he is playing his best he cannot lose.

“I feel that is where my game has been the past couple of weeks and I’d like to keep it there the next few weeks,” Scott said. “To win back-to-back weeks feels great. I hope to keep it going.”

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and England’s Danny Willett shared third on 278 with 45-year-old, five-time major winner Phil Micklelson fifth on 279 after a closing two-under 70.

Scott, expected to rise three spots to sixth in the world rankings, has had to adapt a conventional putting style after a ban started in January on the anchored-style putting he used for many years.

But Scott appears to have shaken off the switchover, having bounced back from a quadruple bogey to win last weekend and double bogeys at the third and fifth holes on Sunday for impressive titles. — AFP.