In four weeks Graeme McDowell will be making his ninth appearance at Augusta National.

However in those eight prior years McDowell has struggled finishing a best of T12th in 2012.

McDowell had made his debut in 2005, and a then two-time European Tour winner, but it wasn’t till 2009 he became a regular at the Masters.

However either side of his best finish in 2012 McDowell missed the cut in 2010 and 2011, and again in 2013 and 2104 while he was well back sharing 52nd place a year ago.

And if there is one aspect of the Georgia golfing gem that McDowell intends to embrace in four weeks time, it is the Augusta National greens.

Graeme McDowell will head to this year’s Masters where he will ‘obsess’ about the greens.

“I feel like I go to Augusta and I spend my time obsessing about the tee to green element and then I feel like when I talk to you guys on a Friday afternoon after a missed cut it’s not been the tee to green element that’s hurt me, it’s been around the greens and on the greens that’s hurt me,” said McDowell.

“So I think probably knowing I’m a great putter and not putting well at Augusta frustrates me. I think I’m going in there this year kind of with a little bit more of an open mind from the point of view of spending more time on the greens and really starting to learn those and embrace those and I think you have to embrace putting those greens. If you get scared of them and get defensive with them they’ll really find you out.

“The tee to green element I think I’ve obsessed over the years and I kind of got the hang of that as I’ve gone back there and realize that really is around and on the greens where it’s won and lost there. So, you know, obviously it’s a long golf course as it’s transitioned over the years.

“When it’s soft there’s no doubt it is long for me. I’ve picked up a few mile an hour ball speed and clubhead speed this year. I’m driving it better. I think that’s going to put me in good stead in Augusta. I’m going to obsess about the greens more. Putt it good and drive it more. I love Augusta. It just doesn’t like me yet but there is time.”