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(continued from page 29) 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