It was while standing on the 12th tee at Augusta National that Lottie Woad had one of those 'pinch me' moments.
The English amateur, from Farnham in Surrey, was seven holes away from securing a career highlight win that would kickstart a stellar 2024.
It was a year that started with her becoming the first European to claim the Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA) title at the home of the Masters - a title she will try to become the first to defend this week when the three-day competition starts on Wednesday.
It was a year in which she played in her first majors, finished as top Briton at the Women's Open, helped win the Curtis Cup, and ended it as the world's number-one-ranked amateur.
"It was definitely a breakthrough year," the 21-year-old tells BBC Sport. "Winning at Augusta was the highlight and that kicked off the whole year."
'I'm playing the 12th at Augusta'
And it was on the back nine at Augusta - where so many Masters dreams have flourished and floundered - that Woad managed to keep her nerve.
The 12th was among the pivotal holes and she had to steady herself to tackle one of the most daunting par-threes in golf.
Dozens of rounds have been ruined on this most picturesque of holes. Tiger Woods hit three balls in Rae's Creek, the water that protects the front of the green, on his way to a 10 in 2020, the year after he won his fifth Green Jacket.
"You're standing on the tee and you're just like, I'm on hole 12," she says.
"You're nervous but then you're also, 'I'm playing the 12th at Augusta', so it's not too bad."
Woad, who went into the final round of the 54-hole event - of which the first 36 are played at the nearby Champions Retreat Golf Club - with a two-shot lead, marked a three on her card to stay at six under.
But up ahead American Bailey Shoemaker was putting the finishing touches to the first bogey-free round at Augusta in the five-year history of the ANWA. A sensational 66 set a target of seven under.
A bogey on the par-five 13th meant Woad dropped two behind, but she produced a magical finish with three birdies in her final four holes to snatch victory on the final green.
The putt on the 18th was an 18-footer, downhill.
"It didn't have much break but it was pretty quick," she says.
"Then it went in and I've won at Augusta and everyone kind of went crazy."
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