Golf Tournaments - The Masters

Date: 9-12 April 2009 Held every year at the Augusta National Golf Club. 2008 Tournament Champion: Trevor Immelman Website: www.masters.com & www.augusta.com Recent Tournament Champions: 2008 - Trevor Immelman 2007 - Zach Johnson 2006 - Phil Mickelson 2005 - Tiger Woods 2004 - Phil Mickelson 2003 - Mike Weir 2002 - Tiger Woods 2001 - Tiger Woods 2000 - Vijay Singh

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The Masters, scheduled for the first full week of April, is the first of the majors to be played each year.

In addition to a cash award, the winner of the tournament is presented with a distinctive green jacket, awarded since 1949. The green sport coat is actually the official attire worn by members of Augusta National while on the club grounds; each Masters winner becomes an honorary member of the club. Winners keep their jacket for the first year after their first victory, then return it to the club to wear whenever they visit. The tradition began in 1949, when Sam Snead won his first of three Masters titles. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta National by the reigning champion, after which it must remain at the club. (The only exception to this rule is Gary Player, who refused to return his jacket after his 1961 victory, although he arguably followed the spirit of the rule, as he has stated that he has never worn the jacket.)

By tradition, the winner of the previous year's Masters Tournament puts the jacket on the current winner at the end of the tournament. In 1966, Jack Nicklaus became the first player to win in consecutive years and he donned the jacket himself. When Nick Faldo (in 1990) and Tiger Woods (in 2002) repeated as champions, the chairman of Augusta National put the jacket on them.

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