In rain and near darkness Adam Scott found the bottom of the cup at the par-10th for a birdie three to claim the sudden death play-off and more importantly The Masters Tournament and Australia’s first ever green jacket.

Scott’s iconic primal scream of “C’mon Aussie” when his birdie dropped at the 72nd hole with Marc Leishman in the background and Ian Baker-Finch’s “From Down Under to on top of the world” in the commentary box echoed the importance of the moment for Aussies everywhere.

For years, Augusta National had taunted our best players who did their valiant best, yet at every opportunity came up short of golf’s most famous article of clothing.

There was Jim Ferrier, an early pioneer for Australians in America. Craig Parry and the taunts of the crowd in 1922. Geoff Ogilvy went close. So too did Scott and Jason Day two years earlier.

But it was Greg Norman, Scott’s idol, who came so agonisingly close again and again at The Masters.

All that heartbreak was, at least temporarily, forgotten on April 14, 2013 when Scott lifted his arms and long putter into the air in a mix of joy and relief.

The moment remembered as “Where were you when” moment by Australian golfers and golf fans, including those who shared their memories over the following pages.

Karrie Webb – Seven time major champion

We were in Hawaii before the LPGA event there (Lotte Championship). We got in early because it was Meg Mallon’s 50th birthday and we wanted to celebrate that but also because it was The Masters weekend.

In Hawaii the coverage starts at like 9am because of the time difference so it was a bit like being back home in Australia.

I remember it had been a good week for us because Adam was up there but so was Jason Day and Marc Leishman so as an Aussie, it was super exciting. But I was cautious, too.

I could still remember a couple of years before when Charl Schwartzel won and three of our guys were up there on the back nine and I was like “There’s no way we’re not going to win today” and we all know what happened then. So I wasn’t saying anything this time around!

When Adam holed that putt in regulation ahead of Cabrera, I really thought he’d done it. Then Cabrera hit that amazing shot right after to tie it up and go into a play-off and I was so nervous. It actually reminded me of a couple of times when I was a kid watching back home in Australia and there would be a play-off and my mum would write me a note for being late to school so I could watch it.

After they both parred the first play-off hole the commentators said they wouldn’t be able to play more than one more hole and I was so pumped I couldn’t sit down, I was just pacing around.

"I would have been the same if any Aussie had won but Adam is just such a good guy and such a great ambassador for Australia and for golf." - Karrie Webb.

Then when Adam’s putt went in on the 10th … it was just crazy. I don’t remember it specifically, but I know I was jumping up and down and just going crazy.

I would have been the same if any Aussie had won but Adam is just such a good guy and such a great ambassador for Australia and for golf.

It was so good to see him win and the way he did it weas pretty awesome. That celebration in regulation when he screamed out “C’mon Aussie” … I think that if you weren’t a fan of him before that, you were definitely a fan after.

I think what made it even more special was how Adam celebrated with everyone at the end of the year, coming back and taking the green jacket everywhere with him. He really got the importance of it, not just for himself but for everyone else, too.

Any Aussie that has a chance to win the Masters knows they are carrying a huge burden because of what’s happened there over the years but now because of Adam there’s a bit less pressure.

One of Australia’s great sporting moments I think.

Jason Day – 2015 PGA Championship winnner

I think about it every now and then like when I get asked a question about it!

You know, every now and then it feels like, dang, man, I was close, I could have been the first guy. Obviously I couldn't see a more fitting person than Adam Scott. He was my favourite player growing up.

I did stay –I didn't obviously walk, but I sat in the clubhouse to watch the play-off and that was some of the most fascinating golf with how quick they played but how efficient they played. It's amazing to me that it's been 10 years already.

Does it spur me on to win Augusta? Yeah, every single – this is the only major that like growing up that I wanted to win was Augusta National. So every single time I get the chance to compete in it, I'm doing everything I possibly can to prepare and try and win that event myself.

The famous "C'mon Aussie" in the rain. PHOTO: Getty Images.

David Micheluzzi – PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner

I was playing the 2013 junior interstate series in Perth at Bunbury Golf Club.

We were on the range before playing and no one wanted to go out and play from any of the states, we all just wanted to watch the finish.

I was playing number 4, I thought Blake Collyer was caddying for me (Collyer was actually caddying in a later group), and we were on the, I think the 10th, a downhill par-3, it was our first hole and there are houses around the course.

We heard this massive roar, and we knew exactly what it was, and that was a good day, a good day for I think everyone in Australia, even if they don’t follow golf, pretty cool.

After I finished playing I went in and watched it back. I think I have watched it about 100 times, it’s pretty cool, like just no one’s ever  won the Masters from Australia, and yeah, that was just an accomplishment that I don’t think any Aussie’s think they could do especially after the past experiences.

Ten years, far out that’s a long time now, I feel a bit old!

Braith Anasta – Former Australian Rugby League representative

I had just gone to the Wests Tigers to play late in my career.

I had never had a day off from training in my entire career and I was sitting at home and I said, F%$# that, I’m going in late.

I was at home in Clovelly and I didn’t go to training that day, so I mean, I know exactly where I was, I was at home, I remember it clear as, I remember, I’m like “Should I go to training?”, but then I’m going to miss it, because I was driving to Concord, which from my area is a fair whack, and I’m gonna miss the back nine.

I thought to myself I’ve just got to take the hit here and not go to training, and I had never had a day off, I was the most punctual, disciplined, and I’m just not missing this, and I stayed home and watched it.

I mean its not an amazing story that would be that different to a lot of people not going to work, but I remember it clearly, because it was the start of the year, I was in the team, it was my first real day off in my whole time playing footy not showing up to training.

Jimmy Emanuel – Golf Australia Magazine Deputy and Digital Editor

Like every other Masters year, and especially those with an Aussie in contention, I was up early on the Monday morning at home to watch.

At the time I was working at a driving range and pro shop that opened early, but I called around and found someone else to cover the early shift I was allocated because I wasn’t missing a minute of the action on the 30 minute drive. Or risk having some customer walk in at the crucial moment.

So I perched on the couch and obsessively kept making cups of tea and coffee to get rid of the nervous energy, while messaging with every person golfer or not who was doing the same, and some on their way to work asking for updates.

"I had never had a day off from training in my entire career and I was sitting at home and I said, F%$# that, I’m going in late." - Braith Anasta.

When Adam was over the putt on the 18th hole in regulation I was shaking. I’d never experienced something like that when just watching a sporting event, and haven’t since.

When Cabrera would hit a good shot, that regular sense of Augusta dread would hit me like a brick wall, feeling it was about to happen again.

Then, the putt on the 10th snaked its way into the hole and suddenly there were tears. At the time, I had never met Adam. Yet I was overcome with emotion.

My first memory of watching golf on TV was the Shark’s collapse in 1996. For some reason I got to leave for school a little late that day and watch it unfold and it stuck with me forever and Scott in 2013 felt like a full circle moment.

The moment an Aussie finally slips on a green jacket. PHOTO: Getty Images.

Brendan James – Golf Australia Magazine Editor

The Masters of 2013 began as it does every year … full of anticipation.

Would this be the year an Aussie finally slipped into the coveted green jacket? Could I be so lucky that my first trip to the Masters would be the ONE?

I got my first glimpses of Augusta National late on the Sunday afternoon leading into Masters week. I set out walking the back nine shortly after 5pm and there was not a soul to be seen among the shadows cast across the rolling emerald fairways. I stood behind the 10th green and looked back up the fairway, marvelling at the incredible drop from tee-to-green you just can’t imagine when watching the Masters on TV.

Fast forward seven days, almost to the hour, and a sea of humanity braving the rain would line this hole in near darkness to witness Adam Scott make history as the first Australian to win the Masters.

I’ll never forget that rainy Georgia afternoon. For most of the back nine that Sunday, it seemed like Jason Day would be the one as he led by as many as three strokes. But bogeys at 16 and 17 cost him his shot.

In contrast, Scott grabbed his chance, making birdies at the 13th and 15th holes before setting the clubhouse lead at nine-under when he rolled in his 25-foot birdie putt across the 18th green, which was completely surrounded by a vocal and appreciative crowd.

I was 10, maybe 11, rows of people back from the gallery rope left of the green when Scott’s ball tumbled into the cup for his closing birdie. The incredible roar shook the ground. Strangers hugged. We were all wet and a little bit cold but we couldn’t care less. This was magnificent.

Moments later, Angel Cabrera stuffed his approach in close and made a birdie of his own to force a play-off.

Scott and the Argentinian scrambled for pars on 18 after Cabrera almost broke a nation’s heart – like Larry Mize had done in 1987 against Greg Norman – when his chip short from short of the green came agonisingly close to dropping in the hole.

"When we arrived, the 2013 Masters Champion opened the front door wearing his green jacket and a pair of boardshorts." - Brendan James. 

What the TV coverage didn’t show was just how dark it was during the play-off. You could barely see the 10th green from the top of the hill. Nevertheless, the pair pressed on … down the steep 10th fairway, flashing thumbs up at each other as they trekked towards the green.

Cabrera missed with his birdie try and then it was left to Scott to grab his chance. There was an incredible silence, almost like nobody was there at all, as Scott stood over his 15-footer for the win. The rest, as they say, is history.

For the small contingent of Australian journalists at Augusta the lifelong memory was not going to stop there. Scott invited us back to his rented Augusta house for a celebration. When we arrived, the 2013 Masters Champion opened the front door wearing his green jacket and a pair of boardshorts. The consummate host asked if we had eaten and would we like a sandwich, before allowing us the indulgence of a photo with him.