‘I’m ready to take revenge on Augusta’

Given how many wedges and short irons you hit, can you explain the process of improving that side of your game?

Mainly it’s just from practice. I knew it was an area I could really improve on and it was an area I really didn’t practise very much.

So I got myself a Trackman first of all and I have different shots with each wedge. I’ve got three shots with every wedge, so I just worked on that and got to the stage where I was good at that.

So if I’m laying up on a par 5 or on par 4s I’m trying to get my ball to where I have that number into the flag and that’s where I’ve really improved because now I feel like if I have one of my numbers, which there is a lot of them, I can generally get myself into the position where I can hit one of my wedge shots confidently knowing I’m going to hit it close and give myself good birdie opportunities.

Can you win at Augusta playing predominantly with a fade?

The only hole I hit a draw on there is on number 10 really and I can fade it off every other tee box.

Looking at your Masters record, you seem to have taken a little while to come to terms with Augusta. How important is familiarity with your surroundings here and how does it help?

I really don’t know. Like I was saying, from the first time I ever played it which would have been in 2008 I just loved it. But the golf course, especially during the Masters, they always figure out a way to make it really tough.

I’ve had good rounds but it always seems like there’s one round that has thrown me off in the years past. But I feel like now I’m really comfortable there and I’ve got a good game plan for the course which has shown over the last couple of times I’ve played there.

The rule above does not appear to count for Jordan Spieth. Is he just smarter than everyone else?

I think putting is a big part at Augusta and he’s obviously a great putter so that’s why I think he’s done well there.

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