Bubba Watson will return to Augusta National next week for a first time since his stunning Masters triumph.

And the 34-year old American revealed he will be taking a special person with him to play the famed Georgia golfing gem, his money man – manager Randall Wells.

“I’m suppose to go to Augusta next Wednesday and Thursday and I’m taking my manager and, I call him my money man, but Randall Wells, my good friend who does my taxes,” said Watson.

“I’m taking them because I normally don’t go.  I wouldn’t go.  But I just feel like I should do something nice for those two.”

Watson has three weeks today before he tees up as defending Augusta National champion and he has reflected on his time as Masters champion.

Masters champion Bubba Watson is taking his ‘money man’ next week to Augusta.

“Because of the way I live my life, the way I’m ‑‑ I’m blessed beyond belief,” he confessed.

“Where I grew up and where I’m at now in my career.  So I look at it that it’s amazing that I even get to play in the Masters, and then to win it is a dream come true.  But I don’t feel any different.

“Since The Masters, I haven’t won.  I’ve lost a lot of tournaments since then, so I just see it as another tournament.  But when I stare at the green jacket and I see it, and I see all these articles that we’re doing about The Masters previews coming up, it’s a big honor and a big thrill, and it hits me.

“I’ve probably teared up once or twice looking at my son, because that is basically the anniversary of us adopting our baby boy.

“So it’s a big deal for our family because of that.  It’s a celebration.  Now when I go back this year, it’s going to be a celebration of our boy and a win.

“But mainly for us and our family, it’s about our boy, and our one‑year anniversary of adopting him.  So for us, it’s about having a good time and trying to win the golf tournament again.

“But when I look at it, I have a wow moment, because it’s amazing that a guy from Bagdad, Florida named Bubba Watson actually won the green jacket.”

However since winning the Masters Watson has also moved house and into the former Orlando home owned by Tiger Woods.

But the interior of the house owned by the 14-time Major winner is now only about 5% recognisable after Watson instigated a major interior redesign.

“Well, we adopted our boy, Caleb and he couldn’t leave the state of Florida because of paperwork and government rules and regulations, so we had to lease a place,” said Watson.

“So I went to Isleworth, most secure place, knew what was about to happen.  And I said, Do you all rent houses here?

“And they said no.  And I said here’s my situation.  And they got one that day.  Joe Lewis, and the team at Tavistock took care of us really well.  So we stayed there six months roughly, seven months maybe, until he was allowed to leave.  Then we went back to our house in Scottsdale, and then I bought a house during that time as well because we loved it there.  The golf course is great.  The facilities are great.  It’s family oriented and all that stuff, so then I bought a house there.

“But it’s not Tiger’s house, now it’s my house.

“We redid it all.  We loved the location of it, and we redid it all.  He let me buy it because he moved out of there.  Yes, we just redid it.  I’ve been in there for four nights now, yep.”

And that led to a mischievous question that Watson quickly defended.

He was asked:  “Does anybody make jokes about doing anything with the fire hydrant?”

Watson responded:  “I don’t listen to those people.  The main thing is there’s a lot of people that mess up in this world.  There are a lot of people that do wrong.  I’ve done wrong in my life.  Not you guys, because you guys are great all the time.  But other people that aren’t in this tent right now really mess up.

“So when you look at it, there are people that have done tax evasion, they’ve done other things in this world, and people still buy their houses.  So I love him as a person.  He made a mistake.  I forgave him, and he’s living through that.  So, no, I see nothing wrong with me buying his house, and the people that are making the jokes, they’re dumb.  They mess up too.  So when I look at it, that’s the way I see it.”