Billy Horschel can’t wait for his daughter to qualify for Drive, Chip & Putt at Augusta

Billy Horschel’s daughter is not yet a year old, but the reigning FedEx Cup champion is over the moon about Skylar’s chances of making it to Augusta.

Horschel’s wife Brittney gave birth to the couple’s first child in September, and the three-time PGA Tour winner -- thanks to the annual Masters Drive, Chip & Putt contest on Sunday -- is already excited about the prospect of bringing his daughter to the course.

“It’s fun to watch these kids, they have such a great enthusiasm for the game and joy for the game,” Horschel told Golf Channel as he watched girls and boys ages 7 to 15 whale away on tee shots and show delicate touches around the greens.

“Maybe in a few years, when my little girl’s old enough, she would want to do something like this because it would be a really neat thing,” Horschel said. “I’m watching just some of these 7- and 9-year-old girls hit it 180 yards and, man, they hit it a long way already. It’s really exciting to watch.”

Adam Scott, 2013 Masters champion whose wife, Marie Kojzar, delivered Bo Vera Scott in February, echoed Horschel’s sentiments.

“Watching some of the 7- to 9-year-old girls knock it out there nearly 200 yards is just incredible,” said the first-time father.

Horschel and Scott joined a host of tour players, including defending Masters champ Bubba Watson and three-time Masters winner Nick Faldo, on site to watch kids like Victoria Matthews crank drives some 192 yards off the tee and 9-year-old Jay Leng Jr. channel Tiger Woods after sinking a putt to win the boys’ 7-to-9-year-old championship in a playoff.

Sunday was the second year of the pre-Masters week DC&P, an initiative aimed at growing the game and one wholly supported by Horschel.

“If I was a kid right now, I would be itching to do this,” said Horschel. “I’d be practicing as hard as I could to get here.”