Among the highest honors a professional golfer can achieve in their career is to be one of the Masters Golf winners. The Masters, of course is one of the biggest events in golf. One of the four champion ship tournaments on the PGA Tour, this event is held at Augusta, Georgia\'s Augusta National Golf Club, which is unique among the hosts of the major tournaments in being a members-only club, something which has sparked some controversy in the past.
The Masters Tournament is also known as the U.S. Masters and it is an official event of the PGA Tour, the Japan Golf Tour, and the PGA European Tour. This event is by invitation only and is entirely controlled by the Augusta National Golf Club. Because this event is by invitation only there are fewer players in this tournament than most major championships. This is the first tournament to be played of the year scheduled in the first week of April.
The top prize awarded to Masters Golf Winners is the green jacket. While this jacket was once a subject of disdain because of its unusual color, it is now a much sought after prize. Since 1949, the jacket has been part of the victor\'s spoils; the winner of the tournament may keep and wear the jacket for a year before returning it to the Augusta National Golf Club. One of the traditions attached to the jacket is that the previous winner of the jacket helps the new champion into the jacket upon their winning the tournament.
Naturally, there is also a cash prize to be won; Masters Golf winners receive awards out of a total purse of $7.5 million. The champion of the tournament wins a gold medal and $1.35 million and the runner up receives a silver medal and a cash prize, while the lowest scoring player of the day goes home with a crystal vase. Any player who scores a double eagle or a hole in one is given a large crystal bowl; players who score an eagle receive a set of fine crystal goblets. A crystal bowl is also awarded to the winner of the par 3 event held the day before the tournament proper begins.
There are many Masters golf winners that have won the title of the tournament more than once in their career. Jack Nicklaus holds the most records and is regarded as the champion of the Masters with six tournament wins between 1963 and 1986. Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods are both tied with four wins of the Masters Tournament each. The first non-American to win the Masters in 1961 was Gary Player from South Africa.
Masters golf winners are among the best golfers in the world " and since this tournament is open only to players who have been invited by the Augusta National Golf Club, even being asked to participate in this tournament is quite an honor in itself, whether or not the player goes home as one of the Masters golf winners. With the biggest names in the sport and a large amount of prize money as well as the famed green jacket at stake, fans watch this even closely every year.
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