The U.S. Masters Golf Tournament has been one of Golf's longest traditions. This tournament is one of the main four championships played in golf once a year. Every year The Masters is held at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta Georgia.
One of the traditions of the tournament is the legendary green jacket the winners play for. Since 1949 each Masters winner is awarded a green jacket. However the jacket is only kept for a year before being returned to the club house the following year.
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The tournament was started by both Bobby Jones and Alister Mackenzie back in 1931. The golf course officially opened two years later in 1933. The very first Masters tournament was held on March 22nd, in 1934. This was won by golfer Horton Smith who would become the first Golf Master. In 1935, Gene Sarazen who had won the tournament by a difficult five strokes with a hole in one shot all the way from the fairway on a par 5 for a double eagle. The tournament was skipped during 1943 and up to 1945 due to the Second World War.
As time went on and the 1960s came around The Masters Tournament was dominated by what would become three major names in the golfing sport. Arnold Palmer would become winner three times as his rival Jack Nicklaus would take home the jacket on five separate occasions, even back to back years in both 195 and 1966. Jack Nicklaus is one name next to Arnold Palmer to become infamous in the game of Golf. Gary Player had become the first person to win the title of the Masters in 1961 who was not American, when he beat out Arnold Palmer who was the 1960 defending champion. Player was beaten the following year by Nicklaus and he would not win another tournament until 1978.
In 1968, Robert DeVicenzo caused a stir that would go down in golfing history as a stupid mistake as he signed his scorecard with listed the wrong amount of strokes by one. This cost him the advancement to the eighteenth hole and led to Bob Goalby winning the jacket that year.
Between 1980 and 1990 the Masters Tournament was being won by a majority of Non-Americans who over all collected eleven victories. In 1986, Jack Nicklaus who won again had officially become the oldest player to ever win the tournament. In 1997, Tiger Woods would be the youngest man to win the green jacket at the age of 21 and by twelve shots. Tiger Woods would also go on to win the tournament three consecutive years in a row. The current owner of the green jacket is Charl Schwartzel from South Africa.
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