| The Masters Tournament has
been going on for over 70 years and is widely considered to
be the premier golf tournament in the United States. It
is a four day tournament, with 18 holes played each day
and no qualifying rounds.
Location: Augusta National Golf Course -
Augusta, GA
Dates: April 10-13
Defending Champion: Zach Johnson
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 Augusta Golf Course - Home of the PGA U.S.
Masters Golf
Tournament |
Bobby Jones and
Clifford Roberts decided to hold a golf tournament in
1934. The tournament was originally called the Augusta
National Invitation Tournament, but the name changed in
1939 when Clifford Roberts, one of the owners of the
Augusta National Course, was able to change the name
to "The Masters".
Since the beginning Roberts
suggested calling it the Masters, but Jones thought that
was overreaching a bit so they settled on the name
Augusta National Invitation Tournament.
After
drawing a field of what was indeed the masters of the
game of golf for five years in a row, they switched back
to the original name and in 1939 the Masters Pro Golf
Tournament was played at Augusta National Golf Club in
Augusta, GA.
The Masters was first
televised in 1956, but only for the last three holes of
the course. In 1967, the Masters was televised for the
first time overseas, when the BBC used satellite to
transmit it to millions of viewers around the world.
The Masters has been played every
year since then except for 1943, 1944 and 1945 when
cattle were allowed to graze on the greens to help the
war effort. The winner of the Masters is awarded the
Green Jacket.
The Masters Golf Green jacket
In addition to a cash award, the winner of the
tournament is presented with a distinctive green jacket,
awarded since 1949, and highly coveted among
professional golfers. The green coat is actually the
official coat 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 during tournament week
each following year. The tradition that began in 1949,
when Sam Snead was the winner. 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 failed to return his jacket after his 1961 victory,
despite the club's insistence that he do so.
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The US
Master Golf Results & Winners |
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2008 US Master Winner:
For the second year in a row, we
have a Masters champion who didn't seem to have the
credentials to win such a prestigious tournament.
Last year, it was Zach Johnson, who had won only a
single PGA Tour event before his victory at Augusta
National. Now, it is Immelman, also a winner of just
one title before Sunday, looking as though he was
made to wear a green jacket. |
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Immelman slept on the lead for three nights,
something not accomplished by a champion here since Seve
Ballesteros in 1980. Immelman, a 28-year-old with a
polished swing, who finally realized his potential in
the wicked wind of Augusta and a final round that
yielded only four rounds under par.
Immelman certainly had a fine résumé. After last year's
Wachovia Championship on the PGA Tour, he had risen to
No. 12 in the Official World Golf Ranking. He was coming
off a 2006 rookie of the year season, when he won the
Western Open. And he had won three European Tour titles.
Immelman is the sixth player since 1997 to win his first
major at The Masters, but that list includes Woods, Mark
O'Meara, Mike Weir and Phil Mickelson, all of whom built
a reputation before winning at Augusta National.
And he joins a long list of surprise major
championship winners, especially in recent years.
Zach Johnson 2007
Masters Winner
Zach Johnson proved
that when he plays his own game, he's capable of winning
at golf's highest levels. Johnson, a 31-year-old Iowan,
played the round of his life at Augusta National Golf
Club. Challenged by some of the game's greatest
champions, among them four-time winner Tiger Woods and
two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen, Johnson
relied on his skill, guile and heart to shoot a final
round three-under-par 69 for a 289 total, and a two-shot
victory in the Masters.
Phil Mickelson
winner 2006
At the 2006 Masters golf tournament, Phil Mickelson was
avoiding mistakes and taking advantage of the occasional
birdie opportunity, Phil Mickelson broke free of a pack
full of most of the greatest players of the modern era
on the back nine at Augusta National to win the 70th
Masters. Mickelson earned his second Masters title in
three years, and his third overall major out of the last
nine.
US Masters Winners For The Past 10 Years:
Year - US Masters
Winner - Scores
2005 Tiger Woods
2004 Phil Mickelson 72 69 69 69 (279)
2003 Mike Weir 70 68 75 68 (281)
2002 Tiger Woods 70 69 66 71 (276)
2001 Tiger Woods 70 66 68 68 (272)
2000 Vijay Singh 72 67 70 69 (278)
1999 Jose Maria Olazabal 70 66 73 71 (280)
1998 Mark O'Meara 74 70 68 67 (279)
1997 Tiger Woods 70 66 65 69 (270)
1996 Nick Faldo 69 67 73 67 (276)
1995 Ben Crenshaw 70 67 69 68 (274)
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