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Transitioning to the Ground Game
“Often I walk past the closet and if
it’s just hanging there I just don’t mind
slipping it on to wear it around the house
for a little bit,” he says. “Every time I see it
I think, ‘This is what you’ve wanted for so
long, you’ll only get it for a year; you may
as well wear it as much as you can.’ So I’ve
taken it everywhere with me.”
The jacket display was warmly received
by his fellow Aussies.
“We’ve seen the claret jug. We’ve seen
the U.S. Open trophy. We’ve seen the—
what is it?— the Wanamaker Trophy,” says
his father, Phil Scott. “We haven’t seen the
jacket. So now we have. I think it’s a great
thing for Aussie golfers to see it and feel it.”
BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT
A COMPETITOR’S
AND COUNTRY’S CRAVING
Now that the green jacket has finally
made it to Australia, Scott plans to bring
a taste of Australia back to Augusta for the
Champions Dinner he’ll host on Tuesday
night before the tournament.
Masters winners have survived exotic
fare through the years from Scottish haggis
to South African monkey gland sauce,
so perhaps “dog’s eye and dead horse”
(Australian slang for meat pie with sauce)
or Moreton Bay Bugs on the menu wo