Marc Leishman experienced the joy of his children running out onto the 18th green to congratulate their dad winning for the first time in five years in March.
Now the Australian world No.27 dreams of sons Harvey, 5, and Ollie, 3, at the Masters.
The 33-year-old Leishman booked one of the last spots at Augusta National with his Arnold Palmer Invitational victory at Florida's Bay Hill course last month, the Victorian native's first US PGA Tour title since 2012.
"I'm really excited - this time last month I wasn't in the Masters. Augusta is a place I love and my family looks forward to it every year," Leishman told AAP.
"It'd be nice if we could do the same thing we did at Bay Hill and have the boys run out onto the green (at Augusta).
"A lot of good golf has to happen between now and then, but there's no harm in dreaming."
Leishman is the form Australian heading into the Masters, with a win and two top-10 finishes among seven top-25s in nine Tour events this season.
He says confidence is running high in all areas of his game, particularly on the greens where Leishman is ranked third on Tour for strokes gained in putting.
"Putting is right where I want it. My short game is good and I'm driving it great," said Leishman.
"Mentally, too, I feel I'm dealing with bad breaks better and that's important at Augusta because this place can beat you. I've just matured and gotten older, I guess."
With tornado warnings and storms hitting Georgia in the lead-up to the first round, Masters officials were forced to end practice rounds early twice this week - on Monday due to heavy rain and on Wednesday, which cancelled the popular Par-3 Tournament for the first time in its history.
Winds nearing 40km/h are forecast for Thursday and Friday's opening rounds and Leishman feels growing up playing in coastal Victoria's windy Warrnambool affords him an edge.
"Yeah I enjoy playing in the wind and tougher conditions and that's half the battle. You have to enjoy it," said Leishman.
THE MASTERS WEATHER FORECAST
THURSDAY (Round 1): 15C, partly cloudy and windy, W 37km/h winds with gusts up to 64 km/h
FRIDAY (Round 2): 18.9C, sunny and windy, WNW 35km/h winds
SATURDAY(Round 3): 21.7C, no rain expected and sunny, NW 13km/h winds
SUNDAY (Round 4): 25C, sunny and no rain forecast, SE 10km/h winds
