As a former poster boy for 'best golfer without a major' championship', Australia's Adam Scott is ecstatic for newly-crowned Masters champion Sergio Garcia.
But after a disappointing final round at Augusta National on Sunday (Monday AEST), 2013 Masters winner Scott is hungry to bag his second career major in 2017.
The 36-year-old's lacklustre final round of one-over-par 73 left Scott tied ninth at two under and seven shots back of the 72-hole total set by world No.11 Garcia and England's Justin Rose.
The pair carded 69s and finished regulation play tied at nine-under par 279, three shots clear of third-place Charl Schwartzel of South Africa, before Garcia downed Rose on the first extra hole with a birdie.
"I was looking for something special today and (my game) wasn't even close in all areas. At times I was in position to take advantage and I didn't," Scott, who started the day three shots off the lead, said.
In his 74th major championship appearance, Garcia ended the second-longest active winless streak in majors history, with only Lee Westwood's 76 attempts a bigger drought.
Scott, who won the Masters green jacket in his 48th major appearance, believes Garcia's breakthrough is one of the most deserved he's seen since Phil Mickelson won the 2004 Masters after 22 years of grand slam golf.
"There's just no script, it's different for everyone," Scott said.
"Sergio's moment is very deserving; I'm thrilled (for him).
"It's almost a more well-earned major than Phil Mickelson's first, which was quite a lot longer than anyone would have imagined for him."
World No.9 Scott, who has struggled with his swing in 2017, will take a lot from a stellar ball-striking performance that saw him finish in the top-four at the Masters for greens in regulation.
"It's definitely back to where I want it to be; I gave myself so many chances, so I've got to take the positive away from that," Scott said.
Scott's next event is the Wells Fargo Championship in May before he tees it up at The Players Championship the following week.
The 36-year-old has revamped his schedule to play the tournament prior to each of the four majors and says his top-10 Masters finish is timely, ahead of the US Open in June.
"A top-10 here and to be kind of in the hunt going in to Sunday is important," Scott said.
After an emotionally turbulent start to the year, world No.3 Jason Day is desperate to get back to winning form.
The 29-year-old finished the Masters on a high with one-under 71, but never truly threatened the leaderboard at Augusta National to finish the week at two over.
The Queenslander's preparation was blighted by the emotional stress of mother Dening undergoing surgery, last month, to remove a tumour in her left lung.
Buoyed by the news his mother won't require chemotherapy, Day said he would now begin the grind back to the top.
"You can't control distractions like with my mum; we tried to handle that the best we can," Day said.
"It's (now) up to me to do the work to get back to that winning form.
"From there, it's all about the want and desire to win because there's no amount of work I can do if I don't want it enough then.
"I just need to take baby steps to get back on top."
After coming in to the Masters as the in-form Aussie, Marc Leishman finished in a disappointing 43rd place at eight over, but did card an encouraging 71 in the final round.
Curtis Luck rounded out the Australian contingent on the weekend, finishing in a tie for 46th at nine over.
In his last event as an amateur before turning professional later this week, Perth 20-year-old Luck missed out on the Masters' silver medal for low amateur with American Stewart Hagestad finishing at six over.
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