A historic November Masters will see five Aussies contesting the green jacket with US Mid-Amateur champion Lukas Michel joining 2013 champion Adam Scott and Augusta regulars Jason Day, Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith from Thursday night AEDT.

Kennedy’s presence will be limited to the Project One Putt training aid that he gifted Rahm when he made his PGA TOUR debut at the ZOZO Championship two weeks ago, a chance meeting with the Spaniard’s coach, Dave Phillips, opening the door to an impromptu lesson on the putting green at Sherwood Country Club.

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A three-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour and two-time New Zealand Open champion, Kennedy developed the Project One Putt system as a way to improve green-reading and introduce competitive practice for players of all abilities.

Already used regularly by Japanese star Ryo Ishikawa and a host of Aussie professionals, Kennedy took the opportunity of mixing with golf’s elite to showcase his invention to the likes of Rahm and Rory McIlroy, Rahm relieving Kennedy of his only set so that he could continue working with it.

Given the treacherous nature of the Augusta National putting surfaces and the importance of putting this week, Kennedy hopes it is an addition to Rahm’s practice schedule that delivers immediate results.

“I met his coach Dave Phillips at the Titleist Performance Institute that he heads up,” Kennedy explained of his introduction to the Spanish sensation.

“Paul Vizanko is the Scotty Cameron Tour rep and he took me over and introduced me to Dave. I took Dave through the program and he thought of Jon straight away.

“Jon suffers a bit of low-side under-reading so I spent about an hour with Jon on the practice green on Tuesday taking him through it and he’s now got my set.

“Going through the program got him frustrated and excited. You could tell he was growing as he was getting through it.

“It was great to see someone like him wanting to grow as well.

“I was giving him some putting advice as well on what was happening mentally.

“He’s been using it and said he was going to be using it in practice before the Masters.

“Hopefully I might have given him something to work on.”

Renowned for his proficiency with the putter, at 46 years of age Kennedy is reaching new heights late into his career due in part to the practice schedule he has developed with performance coach Dave Alred.

When he claimed the New Zealand Open in March, Kennedy rose to a career-high of 101st in the world and was invited to the ZOZO Championship as one of eight Japan Tour representatives based on their standings on the Official World Golf Rankings.

Although disappointed with a final round of 72 that saw him finish tied for 41st, the flatstick aficionado relished the opportunity to make a rare trip to the US and pop in to the Scotty Cameron Studio for a guided tour.

“That’s what I love so it was great to get into the studio and see the hub for all of the guys who use Scottty Cameron putters,” said Kennedy, who is currently playing the Scotty Cameron Teryllium TFB-1.5 putter.

“They had all the players on file and doing some testing and then going through the factory was even better. Seeing how the putters are made and all the old putters that were being refurbished was pretty cool, too.

“That was awesome, going behind the scenes and watching putters being made and milled and processed.”