US Masters 
/ Romilly Evans / 03 April 2012 / Leave a Comment 
Adam Scott, pictured during practice this week, loves Augusta
"If there is to be a surprise, it could come from John Senden (an attractive [10.0] to back) whose distance control should allow him to find the right shelves of these notorious greens."
Adam Scott gets good vibes from Augusta and that's giving Romily Evans good vibes as he studies the Top Australian market for the 2012 Masters
Greg Norman, for so long the standard-bearer of Australian golf, always came up a whisker shy of Masters glory. And at first glance the generation which followed him appears similarly doomed. Just take last year at Augusta where Adam Scott, Jason Day and Geoff Ogilvy all came up agonisingly short in the final analysis.
Scott and Day played together in that final round and inspired each other to the giddy heights of second place. Trouble was: they ran into the best closing finish in Masters history from Charl Schwartzel, who made birdie on the final four holes. No crime there.
More worrying, perhaps, is their combined lack of recent form. Day hasn't been better than 20th in any of his stateside outings this season, while Scott has only played nine competitive rounds and has taken the last three weeks off. Still, the latter move was a premeditated attempt by Scott to practice and peak for the Masters, following the lead of Rory McIlroy.
It's a tournament which offers the 31-year-old his best chance of a major. And Scott himself concurs: "Every time I walk out on the course, I feel I can shoot a good score no matter how I'm hitting it."
Those are bold words but they were adeptly backed up in 2011 when for the first time, he truly looked comfortable on the greens with his broomhandle putter (his only three-stab came at the first hole). Scott is prohibitively priced for this market (trading at [3.05] to back) but it's a fair price when you consider his lack of opposition.
The next three in the market - Messrs Day, Ogilvy and Aaron Baddeley - are all putting machines whose ball-striking sometimes lets them down. The flatstick is a real weapon on Augusta's speedy surfaces but if you can't put the ball in position with your iron-play, it's rendered a redundant skill.
Therefore, if there is to be a surprise, it could come from John Senden (an attractive [10.0] to back) whose distance control should allow him to find the right shelves of these notorious greens.
Recommended Bet
Back Adam Scott @ [3.1]
Back John Senden @ [10.0]
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