It goes without saying that Masters week is one of the most memorable on the calendar. Similar to an Ashes Test at Lords or Wimbledon, it is rich in tradition … it just feels different, it’s a purist’s haven.
For the players it’s no different. There is something about the green jackets, pimento cheese sandwiches and the scent of pine straw that is like being in another dimension.
An Augusta ambush is seemingly on the horizon. The small but elite four-prong squad of Aussies embarking on golf’s most exclusive event is arguably the strongest we have seen across the board in years.
ADAM SCOTT
Only one Australian knows what it feels like to open up his closet and see a green jacket hanging there, and that hasn’t been given enough credit in recent times.
What Scott did in 2013 was remarkable, and 11 years on, he still believes he can rewrite the record books and claim a second title on the hallowed turf of Augusta National - even if others may have written him off. It is still a week he looks forward to, and it’s never long into the new year before the trip down Magnolia Lane starts to cross his mind.
Indeed it starts on day one.
“Thinking about it (The Masters), I guess first from planning a schedule into where you’re going to play and which boxes you need to tick,” Scott said.
“That kind of influences where you need to play, how much work you need to do to think you’re going to be ready to win the Masters, where your game’s really at, and trying to
