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ADAM Scott kissed the new girl in his life for the first time in six weeks, before flying to a Masters showdown he feels he can win after a meagre 10 rounds in the ring.
The image of Scott changing nappies, while Rory McIlroy, Jason Day, Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth have all grabbed tournaments on the way to Augusta this week, is not entirely true.
Australia's former world No. 1 has something just as powerful going on.
He is serenely happy, on top of having a proven winning formula for Augusta that those top rivals are still sweating on finding.
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Adam Scott celebrates after draining a birdie to force a play-off in 2013. Source: Getty Images
Newborn Bo, with mum Marie, flew into her new Bahamas base last Thursday night and dad was off on a plane to Augusta, Georgia the next day.
"Just thinking about Bo makes me happy. I underrated the feeling of parenthood," Scott, 34, said.
"I'm just like every other dad with baby pictures on my phone showing them off.
"It really feels like marriage and being a dad has come along at a really good time in my life.
"I feel ready for it, excited for all those challenges personally and it's a good motivator professionally as well.
"Even though I've barely seen her, like it's 10 days and she's six weeks old, it is a very warm feeling for me.
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"We'll all spend good time together after the Masters."
Scott's hungry mindset for another big showing radiates from everything he knows about his game and a catalogue of shots, escape routes, familiar putts and mental steel from his 13 Masters appearances.
A meagre 10 rounds of tournament play in the first three months of this year would not make him a winning bet for a US Open on an unfamiliar course.
It does for the Masters. He now calls Augusta National "my home track" such has his epic 2013 triumph been embedded in his psyche.
Scott, pictured driving on the third, says Augusta is his "home track". Source: Getty Images
He does not feel at a disadvantage to momentum men like new American hot shot Spieth, who enters the Masters coming off a win, a second and his last nine rounds under par.
"Absolutely not. Over the past five years I've developed such a good feeling of playing Augusta that I feel extremely comfortable around there," Scott said.
"Topped off by winning obviously helps the confidence a lot.
"It somewhat feels like going back to my home track."
There is a reason why Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, Bernhard Langer, Jose Maria Olazabal and Nick Faldo have all won multiple Masters titles over the past 30 years.
"Guys have won it a couple of times quite close together because I think you do develop a real knack for playing Augusta. Winning that first time really helps," Scott said.
"You know you can win around there and not everyone goes in with that."
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With everything swirling around Scott last year as defending champion and the guy serving mum Pam's pavlova at the Champions dinner, he still opened with a fine 69.
Lapping it all up rather than putting an emotion-deflecting shield around himself was deliberate.
"I tried to enjoy it all. You only go back to defend your first Masters win once," said Scott, who finished 14th.
Scott is not as underdone as many would think with his extended baby-break. He practised every day on the Gold Coast before his Florida return last month at Doral for a strong fourth at the Cadillac Championship on one of the toughest courses the pros play all year.
His nine top 10s in majors since the start of 2011 is seriously good. But world No. 1 McIlroy's six top 10s over the same period have been converted to four victories in majors.
You have got to love how Aussie Scott is. He wanted a Gold Coast birth for Bo.
A week ago, cricket fan Scott woke in the Bahamas at 2am to watch Australia's blitz of New Zealand in the World Cup final on TV.
He craves a conversion rate in majors like Steve Smith's insatiable hunger for great hundreds over just good 50s.
"Methodical, meticulous ... Australia's batting was impressive when it mattered in the tournament," Scott said.
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Before he became Australian golf's impressive statesman, a young Scott said that winning one major "didn't justify anything" when highlighting the work he put in would justify more.
"I mean, I've not had a clear goal on it my whole life but certainly I've had en expectation of winning multiple majors," Scott said.
"It took me a long time to get one. Realistically, over the next five years I've got to get the rest because beyond 40 it's a bit of a lottery.
"I feel it's my time to win big events. I feel I've put in all the work I need to over the past few years and I just have to go out and do it."
Two-time Masters champion Adam Scott ... he would love that handle.
The nappies can wait, right?
"I did my fair share of nappies in Australia," he said with a laugh.
"Obviously, I've been away a while so I've got some catching up to do ... after the Masters."
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