Senden pictures Masters victory Australian golfer John Senden has taken his visualisation to a whole new level, carrying around a picture of the Masters green jacket for weeks. After three previous trips to the Masters at Augusta National ended in missed cuts, Senden decided to change his preparation, relax his approach and take his mind game to new heights. Along with the picture of the jacket, Senden has studied winners' scorecards and visualised what it would take to be the man donning the green in Butler Cabin on Sunday afternoon. "Having a picture of the green jacket with you helps you see it and seeing is believing," Senden said. It's a powerful tool to visualise something and I think when you have a goal it helps to have something to actually look at. At our level it's a fine line. It's easy to undermine confidence when things aren't quite going the right way for you but you need to make the waves smooth, not high and low, and you have to believe things are possible. The 41-year-old has previously come into the Masters directly from a lead-up tournament but this time around decided to come in rested and fresh. "Keeping the emotions at bay is critical around here and I wanted to pace myself in the preparation," he said. It will be good to go in being fresh and ready to be patient. I think we've prepared ourselves very well in regards to having the family here and getting them relaxed and I also have Triggsy (coach Ian Triggs) here which is good. The Queenslander also believes his previous experience will finally come to the fore and he'll get over the hump of missing weekends. "I think I belong here now," he said. Being the fourth time here I feel like I can just get in and do the job rather than it being an overawing experience. It is about learning the course and knowing it because there are all sorts of subtleties that you need to know to get around here. I think it's a golf course you can really get but if you're out of position you have to take your medicine and avoid that double bogey. If you can limit that there are lots of birdie chances and all of a sudden you're in the running. I'll need patience and quality shots. Senden started the year slowly after illness messed with his precision swing slightly but says now he's healthy and has 'no excuses'.