Australian golfer Jasper Stubbs hopes the “thousands of rounds” he has spent playing at Augusta on his PlayStation will hold him in good stead when he takes to the fabled course for the Masters.
It was a phenomenal achievement given it was Stubbs’ first time entering the event as he became the third-highest ranked player in the competition’s history to emerge as the last man standing. Despite being warned about the dangers of having the Masters constantly on his mind, Stubbs simply could not shake it from his consciousness, such is his excitement.
Strolling between the iconic pine trees of the course was “one of the most surreal feelings” Stubbs has ever experienced in his life, especially having come to know all the intricacies of the course from watching it on TV.“Going there and knowing every single shot I was supposed to play for 18 holes was pretty weird for the first time playing it,” Stubbs said.