By Luke Buttigieg, Sportal Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy, Robert Allenby and Stuart Appleby head into the MFS Australian Open at Royal Sydney as the top picks to take home the Stonehaven Cup, even though the first two of them have never won in their homeland. Both Scott and Ogilvy have boosted their profiles in world golf further in 2006, Ogilvy firstly by winning the Accenture Match Play and then by becoming Australia&aposs first major winner in 11 years when he took out June&aposs US Open. Well entrenched in the world&aposs top 10, Scott was in danger of being somewhat forgotten this year until he defended his Singapore Open title and then recently ended his US PGA Tour season by claiming the Tour Championship in Atlanta. But, for whatever reason, neither has been able to take the final step and break through in Australia, with Scott&aposs best finish being beaten in playoffs twice at the MasterCard Masters and Ogilvy a runner-up at the 2001 Australian PGA Championship. Winning at home has never been a problem for defending champion Robert Allenby though, whose first home triumph came at the 1994 Australian Open and who has since won seven more times in Australia, including last summer&aposs amazing &aposTriple Crown&apos. Earlier this week Allenby said he believes that the fact he won the MFS Australian Open, MasterCard Masters and Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship 12 months ago means he can do it all again, even if he did go winless in the United States this year. And he also played some mind games with Scott and Ogilvy by saying that he thinks they are under far more pressure to perform at Royal Sydney because they have done so much on the world stage without succeeding in their own back yard. Ogilvy dismissed the suggestion, and can rightfully point to his success of the past couple of years, while Scott reluctantly agreed that Allenby may be right, but said his own expectations are far greater than those anyone else places on him. Appleby had another fine 2006 as well in the USA, winning the season-opening Mercedes Championship for the third year in a row in Hawaii, and then also claiming the Houston Open. Winner of the Australian Open at The Grand in Queensland in 2001, Appleby knows what it takes to win at home, having also claimed the Coolum Classic in 1998, and he will no doubt feature prominently this week. Then there are dual champion Aaron Baddeley, whose first success was as an 18-year-old amateur at this very course in 1999, and five-time champion Greg Norman, who is contesting the event for the first time in several years. Baddeley rose to prominence when he beat the likes of Norman to take the title seven years ago, and backed it up 12 months later with victory in one of his first events as a professional. He has spoken of the great memories and confidence that a return to Royal Sydney brings, confidence that was immeasurably boosted in 2006 by his US PGA Tour breakthrough at the Verizon Heritage, which was also his first win in five years. Norman is a part-timer these days, with his extensive business interests on and off the course taking up much of his time, but as Australian golf&aposs great ambassador of the past 30 years, will attract his share of support this week even if he gives himself no chance. Rod Pampling and John Senden are others who won tournaments in America this year, with Pampling tasting further success last week in Norman&aposs Merrill Lynch Shootout in Florida, while Peter Lonard won back-to-back Opens in 2003-04. There will also be plenty of amateurs to watch, including Rick Kulacz, who won last week&aposs New South Wales Open on the Von Nida Tour, and 17-year-old Matthew Giles, who gets the thrill of a lifetime when he plays alongside Norman on Thursday and Friday. But the men to watch most closely are Ogilvy, Allenby, Appleby and Scott. And, while he may not yet have achieved all of his career goals, which include winning majors and one day reaching No.1, the time would appear to be nigh for Scott to fully arrive as a winner in Australia.