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One of golf's famed Majors, The Masters
is a unique golf tournament. Golfers
can only get into the Masters by meeting
one of 17 requirements, or by special
invitation. The famed Green Jackets
first were given to the winner in 1949,
with Sam Snead being the first recipient.
It is staggering to think that one of
the world's most famous and beautiful
golf courses was nothing more than 365
acres of farming land not so long ago.
But thanks to the foresight of two men,
Bob Jones and Clifford Roberts, Fruitlands
Nurseries, purchased for the grand total
$70,000 in 1931, is now home to the
Augusta National Golf Course.
After completion, both men came up with
the idea of organizing an annual tournament
drawing all the best players from across
the country. Initially, for the first
five years of the tournament, it was
called the Augusta National Invitation
Tournament because Jones believed the
name "The Masters" sounded
too "preposterous".
However, he eventually relented and
in 1939, the name changed to The Masters.
At the outset the duo insisted on only
the player and his caddy being allowed
access to the playing area and pairing
the field instead of playing in threesomes.
And after successfully negotiating all
the necessary paperwork, the inaugural
tournament was hosted on 22 March 1934
- won by Horton Smith with a one-stroke
lead over Craig Wood. Jones, who was
persuaded to enter as a player, finished
in 13th place - his best finish in the
nine pre-war tournaments.
The following Masters was remembered
for Gene Sarazen's double eagle on the
par five 15th, often described as "the
shot heard round the world". Sarazen
forced his way into a 36-hole play-off
courtesy of his remarkable feat and
beat the unlucky Wood into second place
by five shots.
The Masters was already causing headlines
and only into its second year. Wood
finally won at his eighth attempt in
1941, but the momentum of the event
was abruptly stopped for three years
during the Second World War. However,
in 1946 the Masters was back in full
swing when Herman Keiser held off Ben
Hogan for a one-stroke victory. In the
intervening 60 years the event has gone
from strength to strength and has thrown
up a host of celebrated champions from
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus through
to Tiger Woods. At the age of 21 Woods
became the youngest player to ever win
the title in 1997 with a phenomenal
display.
External link
Masters.org,
official Masters Tournament site |
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