Adam Scott targeting second green jacket ahead of Augusta

This was a question posed to him Tuesday at the Masters: “You admirably criticized Muirfield when it took them so long to have women members”.

The Queenslander has previously expressed heartache at letting slip a two-shot lead on the 16th tee during the final round of the 2013 Masters, allowing countryman Adam Scott to end Australia’s 77-year hoodoo at Augusta National.

Walker captured his first major a year ago with a wire-to-wire victory in the PGA Championship, contended in the second FedEx Cup playoff event and went 1-2 in his matches at Hazeltine when the United States won the Ryder Cup.

But what has been holding him back from far better results has been his driving.

“It’s a landmark in your career getting to Augusta because it’s the hardest tournament to get into”, said Fleetwood, now ranked 32nd in the world.

While he and fellow Aussies Rod Pampling and Curtis Luck weren’t able to get out for a practice round yesterday due to a tornado warning, Scott was pleased with his swing on Sunday. “After the sort of backlash I received, I would think twice about it”. “Obviously I’m playing well coming into this week, so hopefully I can continue that success and I’m looking forward to giving myself a chance to win on Sunday”.

The favorite when Westgate’s Masters odds were first posted in August was Jason Day (7/1), who ended 2016 ranked No. 1 in the world, but his odds have jumped up to 15-to-1 with few takers.

After their first week together since December, Scott feels he’s starting to get in sync with 53-year-old Williams. He said he wanted to be honest with the media following a somewhat lacklustre start to the 2017.

“I’ve done all the preparation I can”.

Not only does Johnson return to Augusta with the confidence of having won a major, he is now ranked number one in the World Golf Rankings.

“I’m not going to sit here an say I expect to win”.

“She’s good”, Day said.

The lightning siren roared just before midday and the course was closed for almost two hours as darks clouds rolled in.

“Day pulled out of Match Play to take care of his mother who has been diagnosed with lung cancer, and he hasn’t announced whether he’ll play or not”. He said to me, ‘I took on too much a couple of times and it cost me a couple of green jackets.’ I’m like, well, you have six. “And I feel kind of a lot lighter in a sense that my mind is not weighing very much heavily on the situation that my mom was going through”.

Both are interested to see how the course holds up after some heavy weather. I brought quite a few clubs with me on the trip last week and those two seemed to be the ones that work the best for me.

Thunderstorms are expected on Wednesday, and then temperatures should drop and Thursday will be cool and breezy, with winds expected to be around 40 km/h and gusts up to 60 km/h.