Australia Day

Adam Scott's victory on the second play-off hole against Angel Cabrera at last month's Masters Tournament was a monumental achievement in this proud sporting county's history

Jason Day is quickly becoming something of a Masters expert

Back home on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Scott’s childhood mates got a head start on the celebrations with a few drinks after the Masters was won at around 10am Monday morning on the Australian East Coast. Still shaking their heads in disbelief, the group reminisced about their time growing up with Scott and of the putting contests they all played for hours , where the next putt ‘was to win the Masters’.

One of those mates, Dylan Campbell, remembers that it was always about the Masters with Adam."It was never any other tournament," he said. "That’s the one he had always played golf for, to line up that putt to win it and the Masters was always the one he wanted to win."

Ironically, Campbell and friends opted not to watch the telecast closely despite the chance for history. They had learned their lesson from last year, as Scott has, after getting together for a big party to watch what was supposed to be a memorable march to victory in the Open Championship at Lytham.

This year, they all went their separate ways to work and only kept loose tabs on the score – until the result was in. "It’s a much different emotion sitting here today, that’s for sure," another mate, Adam King said with a beer in hand.

With Scott’s father Phil at Augusta sharing the moment with his son, mother Pam and sister Casie also had to endure the tension from an early hour on the Gold Coast and later, shared celebrations with friends and members at Scott’s home club at Sanctuary Cove.

When the final putt dropped, their leap for joy was perhaps just that little bit higher than the rest of their countrymen. "We were sitting on the bed all morning from four o'clock and couldn't contain ourselves. It was just such a relief." she said.

Leishman couldn’t have been happier after Scott holed that fantastic 25-footer on the final hole

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