Graeme McDowell heads ‘Down Under’ tomorrow looking to win on the one major golfing continent he’s yet to taste success – Australia.

McDowell will join fellow victorious Ryder Cup team mate and defending champion, Ian Poulter teeing up in next Thursday’s commencing Australian Masters and being staged on the acclaimed Kingston Heath course in Melbourne.

Melbourne’s the golf capital of Australia and Kingston Heath is among the best of the famed ‘Sandbelt’ courses.

Graeme McDowell looking to join fellow Major Champion Tiger Woods as being fitted with the Australian Masters winners jacket.

It will be McDowell’s first appearance in Australia for seven years since he finished T21st in the 2007 Heineken Classic on the Royal Melbourne course.

McDowell now returns to Melbourne having won on the European continent, Asia and the Americas.

“I have missed going to play in Australia but then it just hasn’t fit my schedule in recent years,” said McDowell who has spent this week in Dubai and working at the Emirates Club with long-time coach, Peter Cowen.

“I’ve been to Melbourne a few times and played in Sydney once in Greg Norman’s tournament and just loved it.

“The golf courses are great and the people and the weather are always fantastic, so I’m looking forward to getting back to Melbourne.

“I haven’t played Kingston Heath before but it’s one of the famous Sandbelt courses as is Royal Melbourne where I played in 2005.

“The courses are just so pure and the greens are phenomenal while Melbourne’s a great sports city, so we can be assured of some great galleries over the four days.

“Also the city should be still buzzing after the Melbourne Cup.”

If successful in capturing his first Australian tournament victory McDowell will join a host of fellow Major Champions to have been fitted the golden wattle coloured winners jacket, and with the wattle being Australia’s national flower.

The former Australian Masters winners who have won Majors include Gene Littler, who captured the inaugural Australian Masters in 1979, Bernhard Langer (1985), Mark O’Meara (1986), Ian Baker-Finch (1988), Greg Norman (a six-time former champion), Michael Campbell (2000) and Tiger Woods (2009).

Three of those have also been presented with the coveted Augusta National green jacket and nothing would please McDowell better than to be able to hang the Masters jacket alongside his Australian Masters victory token.

“I’ve noticed the winner gets this great looking gold jacket and then I like the idea of then adding a green jacket next April to the collection,” he said.