SHANE LOWRY and Rory McIlroy couldn't believe what they were hearing after Tommy Fleetwood's son spoke to Sky Sports. Frankie Fleetwood, 7, was one of many kids of golf stars that were a Augusta National on the eve of The Masters on Wednesday. The youngster took part in a TV interview with Sky Sports, during which he was asked about his preparation for striking the ball off the ninth tee, His answer was remarkably mature, as he responded: "Well, I have been doing my hardest to get it over the green. "I have been practising as hard as I can just not reaching it this year but I am just trying my hardest. His composure left his dad, Shane Lowry, and Rory McIlroy all in fits of giggles, with the Offaly man summing up their reaction. He remarked: "Fleetwood has him in media training already." It was a lovely and wholesome day on Wednesday with the traditional curtain-raiser Par Three Contest. Before all of the 'serious business' of the world's best pros scrapping it out for the Green Jacket gets going, it gave golfers the chance to savour a few holes with their nearest and dearest. Rory was caddied by wife Erica whilst their daughter Poppy donned official attire too as she also tagged along. The four-year-old did more than just that though as she exhibited the whole 'apple doesn't fall far from the tree' saying on the ninth. She gently caressed the ball down a tricky slope with it eventually trickling its way into the hole. Cue bedlam. Shane Lowry was just as pumped as Rory, with the watching patrons also blown away by Poppy's soft touch around Augusta's infamously difficult greens. Shane was equally aided around the course by other half Wendy and their daughters Iris and Ivy. Both mam and dad reflected on what a joyful occasion they find it to be every year. Wendy captioned one cute snap: "The best day". Meanwhile Shane added: "Favourite Wednesday every year!" As for how McIlroy in particular will fare around its fairways on Thursday and Friday as well as hopefully the weekend, he yesterday revealed he's turned to hypnosis to banish the “scar tissue” of previous Masters failures. McIlroy says he now has the mentality to conquer Augusta and complete golf’s Grand Slam. The Holywood hotshot, 35, said: “Scar tissue is real and I believe in trying everything to help deal with it. That is why I tried hypnosis a year or so ago. “People accumulate more scar tissue at Augusta because you go back there every year. “You remember the shots, you remember the place you were.” McIlroy also conceded the memory of his infamous 2011 meltdown, when a final-round 80 on the famous course saw him blow a four-shot lead, had haunted him. He acknowledged: “If we didn’t go back there every year, what happened to me in 2011 wouldn’t have become such a big deal. “Last year I was put in hypnotic states to see if it helped. I felt really good straight after the hypnosis. “But I don’t think it helped a ton. I’ve figured out the way I need to think and way I need to process things to do well on the course.”