There’s no denying Adam Scott’s determination to wear his Augusta National green jacket to as many places as he could in the twelve months since becoming the first Australian to win the Masters.

Scott became the first Australian-born golfer in the history of the Masters to be fitted with the most sought after item of clothing apparel in all of professional golf.

The proud Australian wore the green jacket about the States and also to Bermuda in October for the Grand Slam of Golf.

Scott even wore the green jacket about his house in the States before his much-anticipated victory return home to Australia in November when he contested four events in succession – the Australian PGA Championship, the Australian Masters, the World Cup of Golf and the Australian Open at Royal Sydney.

Scott could hardly fathom the welcome he received including being awarded the keys to the City of the Gold Coast during the week of the Australian PGA at Royal Pines.

Australian sports fans went overboard wearing green to events and with media outlets across the island nation covering Scott’s every move.

Your author proudly photographed with Adam at the 2013 Australian Golf Writers Annual Awards Dinner held on the eve of the final round of the Australian Open.

Scott obliged in winning the opening two events before sharing victory with team mate Jason Day at Royal Melbourne in the World Cup of Golf.

Scott then headed north to Sydney looking to capture the ‘Scotty Slam’ and become only the second played behind Robert Allenby to win all three main events on the Australsian PGA Tour – the Australian PGA, Australian Masters and Australian Open.

He proudly donned the green jacket to be guest of honour at the Australian Golf Writers Association annual dinner held at the Lakes Golf Club in Sydney and on the eve of the final round of Australia’s premier event.

Present at the dinner was Australia’s greatest-ever Major Champion in Peter Thomson who captured five Open Championship victories.

However Scott then went back to Royal Sydney the next day to finish a brave runner-up to Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy.

However with just three weeks remaining Scott revealed ahead of this week’s $US 6.2m Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando that there was really one venue back home in Australia where he reluctantly did not manage to wear the Augusta National winning green jacket at that was his beloved Royal Queensland Golf Club.

Royal Queensland Golf Club is located in the Queensland capital of Brisbane and has been home to many outstanding Australian golfing personalities, including Charlie Earp – Club Professional for 45 years until 2003 – and his one-time trainee, Greg Norman.

In fact, Norman was the Club Champion and both Junior Club Champion in 1974.

Scott also played a lot of his junior golf at Royal Queensland and in 2012 visited the club early that year to a clinic for the club Junior Development Programme Silver and Gold groups.

“There are lots of places I’d love to wear the green jacket but I just didn’t get the chance,” said Scott.

“So in Australia there was so many places where I would have liked to wear it.  Up at Royal Queensland, but I didn’t get the opportunity to, I had such a quick trip home, there weren’t enough nights and there were a lot more places to wear it than I had nights up my sleeve.

“The only way to deal with that is winning again, so I get to take it around with me.”

One of those missing out of shaking the hand of Scott was 1960 Open Champion Kel Nagle, and golf’s oldest-living Major Champion, who was very excited at the prospect of Scott paying him a visit while in Sydney.

Kel had arranged to take his Claret Jug out of storage and it was on hand to show Scott but despite the efforts of many, Kel was left bitterly disappointed with it believed a member of his immediate family standing in the way of Scott visiting Nagle and just days before Scott was due to tee-up in the Australian Open at Royal Sydney.

Tragically, what would have been a once in a lifetime photographic opportunity was lost.

However on the occasions Scott did walk into a room wearing his Augusta National green jacket he was bowled over by the reaction from those present.

“It always gets an incredible reaction and especially if there is golfers in the room,” said Scott.

“And if they were not golfers, they wondered why I was wearing a very bright green jacket (smiling).

“But it gets an incredible response from golfers.  It’s iconic and it’s not seen anywhere.  It’s incredible there is only one Augusta National green jacket outside the Augusta front gates at the moment and it’s the one I own.

“Although a number of Augusta National members so wear their green jackets to the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship but aside from that it is only the current Masters champion who can wear the green jacket away from Augusta.”