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GREEN jacket hunter Jason Day is backing a brain-training headband to get into the zone to conquer Augusta and deal with the distraction of playing in Tiger Woods' slipstream.
The Queenslander had relished the idea of playing the first two rounds of the Masters with comeback man Woods but playing in the group behind him for the opening 36 holes throws up a different challenge.
The biggest crowds in golf follow the former world No. 1 and the constantly shifting tapestry of "runners" trying to get into the best position to peer at the enigmatic star can become an unwanted blur of activity and noise.
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Day, Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler were the final group in the 97-man field to tee off early behind Tiger's army and will follow him again early in the second round.
Jason Day clowns around with his son, Dash and wife Ellie. Source: AFP
Everything about Day's Masters preparation has been meticulous, down to playing the course last Friday with a Focus Band around his head on different holes and from his previous problem spots on the course.
Day ditched two sports physchologists from his early visits to the Masters and turned to the feedback band that beeps from a wireless EEG reading whenever he is using the desired "quiet side'' of his brain.
"It's one of the tools we use for clarity, which is so important on a course like Augusta," said Day's caddie-coach Col Swatton.
"It measures brain activity and works on better focus."
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Day has a marvellous record on the par-five 13th, where he has harvested eight birdies in his 13 rounds at Augusta, but the uphill first has tripped him five times with bogeys to be his worst hole on the course.
"We used the band there and it just showed Jason's uncertainty because he's worried that if he finds the bunker on the right with his driver he's going to make bogey,'' Swatton said.
"We'll go with a different shot, or a three-wood, and that clarity really helps.''
Day is all for nutting out the extra detail: "We went over the holes where we are over par in the past and worked out if they were driving problems or second shot problems.
"It's a mental process and that brings in the Focus Band to see if something is distracting me on the uncomfortable shots. Being able to commit to a shot is so important around Augusta.''
Day's trouble holes at Augusta are the first and the 18th, with its tough tee shot, while the tricky par-three sixth is the only hole on the course he has never birdied.
Huge galleries follow Woods's every move. Source: AFP
Countryman Adam Scott wants to get right into the Masters hunt with an early round 66 or 67.
"One great round can go a long, long way at a major," said Scott, whose opening 64 at the 2012 British Open got him into the hunt until the final putt.
"You get off to a good front nine and anything is possible on the back nine at Augusta (with two reachable par fives).''
His 66 in 2012 is his best in 48 rounds at Augusta while Day proved Scott's point with his striking 64 in the second round in 2011 which he rode to second.
Former British Open champion Ian Baker-Finch said world No. 5 Day had taken his game to a new level with big tournament wins this year and last.
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"There is a certain level or style of player who get to a point where they expect to win,'' Baker-Finch said yesterday.
"I think Jason has got to that point now when he gets to a major, like Adam has been the last couple of years.''
Baker-Finch tipped Day to get right into the mix as top Aussie while also saying he commended Scott's decision to go back to the broomstick putter.
"I think he has the ability to win again," Baker-Finch said of the 2012 Masters champion.
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