Why does the winning golfer at The Masters get a green jacket? #shorts

BBC Sport’s Emma Middleton explains why the winners of The Masters golf at Augusta get given green jackets!

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Why does the winning golfer at The Masters get a green jacket? #shorts

why does the Masters winner get a green jacket over the years it has become the symbol of golfing royalty masters champions Gabe Brewer and Billy Casper even chose to be buried with their jackets members of Augusta National started wearing green jackets in the 1930s they could be easily spotted by members of the public to field any questions it said that red yellow and peach colors were all considered but that the famous green color was inspired by the leaves on the Aelia bushes at Augusta it was handed to the winner of the Masters for the first time in 1949 and that was Sam Sneed the green jacket is given to the winner by the previous year’s champion or by the Masters chairman if a player defends their title jack Nicholas Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods are the only players to have achieved back-to-back wins the champion is only allowed to take their green jacket outside the club grounds for a year after which you must be returned to the Augusta clubhouse where it’s stored in the champions locker room it was only recently that winners have been allowed to take home a replica jacket they can keep so it was a bit of a shock when one reportedly ended up in a thrift shop in the 1990s and was eventually sold auction more than 20 years later for over $139,000