Scott had to scramble hard in order to retain the title that had appeared his for the taking for much of the four days at Royal Melbourne, with firstly Vijay Singh and then Matt Kuchar ensuring he would not run away to victory.
That scrambling included the US Masters champion having to overturn a two-shot deficit with four holes to play from world number eight Kuchar, with Scott making birdie at 15 before a bogey at the 16th and double bogey at the last from Kuchar derailed his hopes.
But having completed successive tournament victories for the first time in his career, after also prevailing last week at the Australia PGA Championship at Royal Pines, Scott said he never felt the title was slipping away from him even when he fell two behind Kuchar.
"It was a little shaky out there, I have to say today, but I felt okay," said a beaming Scott.
"I just felt like I was around the mark (and) I wasn't ever in too much trouble.
"I think even if I was one shot behind I knew there was going to be an opportunity down 15 and I just needed to hang in there.
"I managed to just hang in long enough."
Not one who thinks about the result, good or bad, until the closing hole of a tournament, Scott nonetheless knew that it was vital he gave himself a good look at a birdie at the par-five 15th, knowing the 16th and 18th holes in particular were playing tough.
"Things change so quickly so if you're out there early in the round thinking about winning or not winning I think you're doing yourself no favours whatsoever because you can't control what's going to happen for the next three hours at that point," he added.
"Going down 15 was a perfect example of that, I'd made the double and fallen behind at that point but I knew I had to birdie that hole to have a chance and managed to hit a few good shots.
"I knew if I hit good shots in I might have to make a putt but I was going to have an opportunity.
"I knew I could give myself opportunities for birdies coming in because I felt like even though I didn't hit all my shots great today, generally I'm swinging the club well and in those moments when you focus down and you're swinging well you hit good shots and I hit a lot of good shots coming in."
Scott also knew that he got away with one to a certain extent after doing just enough on the final day to capitalise on earlier rounds of 67, 66 and 66 as he eventually shot 71 to beat Kuchar by two shots.
"Sometimes you kind of win a little bit ugly and all the good stuff I'd done in the first three rounds counted for a lot," Scott said.
"Even though it wasn't the prettiest golf today, like I'd played the first three (rounds), there was enough good stuff to keep me in there and I hit good shots coming down the stretch when I had to and that again is important stuff.
"I take something out of every round I play and I think I can take some good and some bad out of today and learn from a couple of mistakes.
"It's a good experience, I made some errors playing with the lead or in contention and I got away with it today but I will have to learn and not do it next time
Adam Scott always believed Australian Masters was his
