Theirs is a partnership that has produced winner after winner but trainer Hideyuki Takaoka still gets nervous watching jockey Alan Munro ride one of his horses.

After two close-up seconds, American-bred gelding Green Jacket opened his account in style at his sixth run for the Hideyuki Takaoka-Alan Munro combination on Sunday.

Aaron Baddeley has been energised by best mate Bubba Watson's Masters win at just the right time.

Bubba Watson's tears after winning the Masters were for his newly-adopted son and later father.

American Bubba Watson has won the 76th Masters in a sudden-death play-off against South African Louis Oosthuizen at Augusta National on Sunday.