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Tradition Runs Deep in the Masters Golf Tournament

The Masters Golf tournament is steeped in tradition. Held at Augusta National Golf Club annually in April, it's a well-established championship and routine stop for qualifiers on the PGA tour. The very first Masters championship has been held in 1934, after golfing fans Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts made a decision to promote and promote golf clubs by sponsoring a championship.

The home of the Masters golf championship, the Augusta National Golf Club, has become the source of controversy especially among female golfers. The team continues to exclude women as members, preventing them out of joining an exclusive record that includes past member Dwight Eisenhower.

Other customs that the Masters Championship as well as the Augusta National Golf Club hold to are people who started in the very first years of this championship and are honored now, for example 4 times of 18 holes each (the habit at the time was supposed to play 36 holes of golf on the next day); the elimination of qualifying rounds; and restricting commercialization of this championship.

On the longer Than 70 years that the Masters championship has existed, golf legends, Including Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson, have abandoned their Mark on the championship and taken house its mythical green coat. Nicklaus shirts the win record with 6 Masters championship wins while Palmer and Tiger Woods each have four. Nicklaus, Woods and Nick Faldo will be the Only golfers to undergo back-to-back wins in the Masters golf tournament. Since the Masters tournament proceeds, more of their Ideal Golfers in the world will definitely be added to the listing of Masters champions.

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Masters Golf Tournament

The Masters Tournament also generally known either The Masters or The U.S. Masters is one of the four big golf championships. It's an"official money event" on the PGA calendar, one of the PGA European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. It had been started together by Clifford Roberts and Bobby Jones.

The Masters are essentially programmed throughout the initial Week of April and will be the first important that marks the beginning of all of the majors. In comparison to another main championships which take place yearly, it's held at the Augusta National Golf Club. During the present year Trevor Immelman won and won prize money of US 1.35 million. In accordance with the arrangement of all of the Masters Tournament this tournament can be held in light of the special regulations and rules which were set from the Masters Tournament Committee.

The Masters is Generally the first significant tournament of this year, played so the last round is always on the second Sunday of April. Comparable to another types emerging victorious in this significant cements the golfers' career. It makes the champion eligible for playing in the other three tournaments through the following half a decade along with a lifetime invitation to the Masters. It honors amateur golfers too in honor of the establisher of this tournament who himself was an amateur golfer. It extends invitations to the champions of similar amateur tournaments held all across the world. Care is taken to place the defending Masters champion against the current U.S. Amateur title holder.

Because of the cheapness of the tickets they are hard to get hands on. Same is the scenario with the practice rounds. In fact an application for the practice round tickets has to be made almost a year in advance and the participants are chosen by ballot whereas the tickets to the actual tournament are available only to the members who are listed on the patrons list. During the current year this particular tournament started allowing free attendance to children aged between 8 and 16, in case they were to enter on tournament days for free if they are escorted by an adult.

The youngest champion to date is Tiger Woods, who bagged the 1997 championship at the age of 21 years and 104 days. He also busted the record for the achievement of a win by the biggest. As far as the oldest champion is concerned this feat has been recorded by Jack Nicklaus who won it at the age of 46 years and 82 days back in the mid of eighties. He is also the proud holder of the maximum number of top ten and cuts that are 22 and 37 respectively.

A new contest by the name of Par 3 was introduced in 1960 and Sam Snead was its first winner. To date no player has won the masters' championship and The Par 3 at precisely the exact same calendar year.

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