Adam Scott shows off Augusta 'green jacket' ahead of Australian Masters
Australian is keen to conquer next big challenge in Melbourne after PGA Championship victory last week, but will first show off his 'green jacket'
Adam Scott will appreciate some time off to stop and smell the roses after a breakthrough year and a maiden major trophy at the US Masters, but the Australian may find it hard to quit while enjoying some of the best form of his career.
The world number two tees up for the second week of a month-long swing of his home country at the Australian Masters this week, where he will defend the title he credits for easing the crushing disappointment of last year's British Open and setting up his Augusta triumph.
Scott blitzed a modest field to win the Australian PGA Championship last week in his former Gold Coast home, and his homecoming continues at Royal Melbourne from Thursday where he will take on American world number eight Matt Kuchar and Fijian three-time major champion Vijay Singh.
Children mobbed Scott as he donned the famed green jacket of an Augusta winner at the Gold Coast, and the amiable 33-year-old was itching to show it off again for Melbourne fans.
I get to wear it around the house or in a hotel room, it's quite surreal actually
"It's down here this week. Hopefully the weather improves a bit and I'll be able to bring it out a little for everyone to see," Scott said on Wednesday after completing nine holes of the pro-am in miserable, rainy weather.
