Understandable nerves were clearly present when the New South Welshman, who earned his invite via victory at the Asia-Pacific Amateur late last year, pulled his driver off the 1st tee onto the 9th fairway left.

“Obviously that 1st hole is quite nervy, and then that tee shot on 2 didn’t really make things any better,” Crowe said. “But then I settled right in holing that putt on the 2nd and kind of felt a lot more comfortable out there and started to play some really solid golf.”

Crowe, as he is known to do, produced a stellar recovery over the trees to the middle of the front portion of the green before three putting for an opening bogey.

The Australian found his feet with a birdie at the short par-4 3rd, where playing partner Min Woo Lee four putter for a forgettable bogey on his way to a far more up-and-down matching 75.

"I didn't ask him that question but I did mention to Min Woo that it's quite amusing that we’ve got two Aussies considering he (Larry Mize) did beat an Aussie back in the day." - Harrison Crowe.

Crowe immediately gave the shot back at the next, adding three more bogeys at the 10th, 17th and 18th, with the 21-year-old enjoying the experience alongside Lee while holding back his interest to quiz the third member of the group, Larry Mize about the day he broke the hearts of Australians in 1987.

"It was a lot of fun. It was awesome,” was Crowe’s simple summation of the day.

The 2022 NSW Open winner managing to get the best of Mize in his 40th and final Masters appearance, an Augusta record made possible by his chip-in play-off win over Greg Norman some 15 years before Crowe was born.

"It was a lot of fun and cool to share with it with Min Woo. Definitely eased things a little bit, and the first time I met Larry. He's a really great guy," Crowe said of the 1987 champion who signed for a 79.

"I didn't ask him that question (about Norman) but I did mention to Min Woo that it's quite amusing that we’ve got two Aussies considering he did beat an Aussie back in the day."