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PGA TOUR Canada announces 2023 Qualifying Tournament information

PGA TOUR Canada announced it will hold six Qualifying Tournaments to determine Tour membership for the 2023 season – five in the U.S., beginning in late-February and concluding with a final qualifier in Canada a week before the Tour’s regular season begins.

PGA TOUR Canada completed its season in September, crowning the Fortinet Cup Points List leader – Edmonton’s Wil Bateman – as Player of the Year. Bateman became the inaugural winner of the Fortinet Cup after winning twice in 2022 and is now a fully exempt member of the Korn Ferry Tour for the 2023 season. Players hoping to follow in Bateman’s footsteps can begin by earning PGA TOUR Canada membership, with playing spots available at the six Qualifying Tournaments. 

“We are coming off a remarkably successful season, and we will continue to build on that momentum in 2023. The first steps are at our Qualifying Tournaments, where players can get on the path that will take them to their ultimate destination, which is the PGA TOUR,” said PGA TOUR Canada Executive Director Scott Pritchard. “Through the years, we’ve been fortunate that so many players are interested in pursuing their professional dreams by playing on PGA TOUR Canada. We anticipate there will be strong demand by players to come to our Tour, as players know about the quality of courses, the cities we visit and the caliber of competition PGA TOUR Canada offers.”

The qualifiers begin with two tournaments in Florida (Weston and Howey-in-the-Hills) on consecutive weeks in late-February, early March. The action starts February 21-24 at The Club at Weston Hills’ Tour Course, as it hosts a Qualifying Tournament for a second consecutive year. The Howey-in-the-Hills tournament is at historic Mission Inn Resort and Club, a long-time host of both PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournaments. It has hosted six previous PGA TOUR Canada qualifiers. The following week, the RTJ Golf Trail at Highland Oaks in Dothan, Alabama, is the site for a third consecutive year.

A month later, the qualifiers move west, with events at Wigwam Golf Club in the Phoenix suburb of Litchfield Park, Arizona (April 4-7) and at Soboba Springs Golf Course in San Jacinto, California (April 11-14).

Notable PGA TOUR members to emerge from these sites in recent years include Cameron Young (medalist at Dothan in 2020), Will Zalatoris (runner-up at Wigwam Golf Club in 2019), Alex Smalley (T3 at Howey-in-the-Hills in 2020), Hayden Buckley (T4 at Wigwam Golf Club in 2019), Carson Young (T7 at Howey-in-the-Hills in 2020) and Philip Knowles (T9 at Howey-in the-Hills in 2019).

Bateman finished T5 at the Wigwam Golf Club site in 2021, retained membership for 2022 via the points list and won the Fortinet Cup with his two-win season.

The final Qualifying Tournament is set for June 6-9 in Courtenay, British Columbia. Crowne Isle Resort and Golf Club has previously hosted seven Qualifying Tournaments. PGA TOUR Canada’s season begins the week after this Q-School.

Here is a look at the six tournaments that will all be 72-hole, Tuesday-to-Friday, no-cut events:

“This is a great lineup of tournaments that will test players’ skills and abilities. Those who emerge with Tour cards will have another strong PGA TOUR Canada schedule to play in 2023, with a chance to continue progressing in their professional careers,” Pritchard added.

Among player benefits available, a three-time winner on the Tour would earn automatic promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour. Additionally, the top five players on the 2023 Fortinet Cup Points List will receive 2024 Korn Ferry Tour membership, with the player finishing first earning fully exempt status. The top five players will also be exempt into the Final Stage of the 2023 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, competing for a PGA TOUR card, which will be awarded to top-five finishers and ties. Those in the sixth-through-25th Fortinet Cup positions are exempt into the Second Stage of the 2023 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. In addition, the top 60 players on the final Fortinet Cup standings will retain their PGA TOUR Canada playing privileges for 2024.

PGA TOUR Canada will announce its complete regular season schedule in early 2023.

PGA TOUR Canada announces 2023 Qualifying Tournament information

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida — PGA TOUR Canada announced Wednesday it will hold six Qualifying Tournaments to determine Tour membership for the 2023 season, with registration beginning Monday, January 9, 2023, at noon EST. The Tour will hold five Qualifying Tournaments in the U.S., beginning in late-February, and conclude with its final qualifier in Canada a week before the Tour’s regular season, its ninth in history, begins.

PGA TOUR Canada completed its season in September, crowning the Fortinet Cup Points List leader – Edmonton’s Wil Bateman – as Player of the Year. Bateman became the inaugural winner of the Fortinet Cup after winning twice in 2022 and is now a fully exempt member of the Korn Ferry Tour for the 2023 season. Players hoping to follow in Bateman’s footsteps can begin by earning PGA TOUR Canada membership, with playing spots available at the six Qualifying Tournaments.

“We are coming off a remarkably successful season, and we will continue to build on that momentum in 2023. The first steps are at our Qualifying Tournaments, where players can get on the path that will take them to their ultimate destination, which is the PGA TOUR,” said PGA TOUR Canada Executive Director Scott Pritchard. “Through the years, we’ve been fortunate that so many players are interested in pursuing their professional dreams by playing on PGA TOUR Canada. We anticipate there will be strong demand by players to come to our Tour, as players know about the quality of courses, the cities we visit and the caliber of competition PGA TOUR Canada offers.”

The qualifiers begin with two tournaments in Florida (Weston and Howey-in-the-Hills) on consecutive weeks in late-February, early March. The action starts February 21-24 at The Club at Weston Hills’ Tour Course, as it hosts a Qualifying Tournament for a second consecutive year. The Howey-in-the-Hills tournament is at historic Mission Inn Resort and Club, a long-time host of both PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournaments. It has hosted six previous PGA TOUR Canada qualifiers. The following week, the RTJ Golf Trail at Highland Oaks in Dothan, Alabama, is the site for a third consecutive year.

A month later, the qualifiers move west, with events at Wigwam Golf Club in the Phoenix suburb of Litchfield Park, Arizona (April 4-7) and at Soboba Springs Golf Course in San Jacinto, California (April 11-14).

Notable PGA TOUR members to emerge from these sites in recent years include Cameron Young (medalist at Dothan in 2020), Will Zalatoris (runner-up at Wigwam Golf Club in 2019), Alex Smalley (T3 at Howey-in-the-Hills in 2020), Hayden Buckley (T4 at Wigwam Golf Club in 2019), Carson Young (T7 at Howey-in-the-Hills in 2020) and Philip Knowles (T9 at Howey-in the-Hills in 2019).

Bateman finished T5 at the Wigwam Golf Club site in 2021, retained membership for 2022 via the points list and won the Fortinet Cup with his two-win season.

The final Qualifying Tournament is set for June 6-9 in Courtenay, British Columbia. Crowne Isle Resort and Golf Club has previously hosted seven Qualifying Tournaments. PGA TOUR Canada’s season begins the week after this Q-School.

Here is a look at the six tournaments that will all be 72-hole, Tuesday-to-Friday, no-cut events:

February 21-24

The Club at Weston Hills (Tour)

Weston, Florida

February 28-March 3

Mission Inn Resort and Club (El Campeon)

Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida

RTJ Golf Trail at Highland Oaks

(Highlands/Marshwood)

Dothan, Alabama

Wigwam GC (Gold)

Litchfield Park, Arizona

April 11-14

Soboba Springs GC

San Jacinto, California

Crowne Isle Resort and GC

Courtenay, British Columbia

“This is a great lineup of tournaments that will test players’ skills and abilities. Those who emerge with Tour cards will have another strong PGA TOUR Canada schedule to play in 2023, with a chance to continue progressing in their professional careers,” Pritchard added.

Among player benefits available, a three-time winner on the Tour would earn automatic promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour. Additionally, the top five players on the 2023 Fortinet Cup Points List will receive 2024 Korn Ferry Tour membership, with the player finishing first earning fully exempt status. The top five players will also be exempt into the Final Stage of the 2023 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, competing for a PGA TOUR card, which will be awarded to top-five finishers and ties. Those in the sixth-through-25th Fortinet Cup positions are exempt into the Second Stage of the 2023 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. In addition, the top 60 players on the final Fortinet Cup standings will retain their PGA TOUR Canada playing privileges for 2024.

PGA TOUR Canada will announce its complete regular season schedule in early 2023.

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What is PGA Tour Canada? [How to Qualify for PGA Tour Canada]

PGA Tour Canada is a series of tournaments hosted in Canada each summer, with one stop in the U.S., where golf stars begin the path to the PGA Tour. Formerly known as the Mackenzie Tour, the PGA Tour Canada remains one of the developmental tours where players can improve or hone their skills in preparation for PGA Q-School and/or the Korn Ferry Tour – with the primary goal of playing on the PGA Tour itself.

Although the tour is hosted and managed in Canada, foreign players from New Zealand, Australia, and the USA are known to be part of it. Owing to that, the PGA Canada tour has become a well-known golf tournament across the world.

If you are looking for the finest competition that the sport has to offer, the PGA Canada tour is a top option to consider. Any aspiring golfer can join the PGA Canada tour, as long as he or she has the skills to play golf at a professional level.

Each year, numerous golfers from around the world get involved in qualifying events of the tour, to win their way into big events and leagues in golf. The Canadian Tour is accredited with sending many players on to PGA Tour success. Canadian Mike Weir, the winner of eight PGA Tour titles – including the 2003 Masters – earned Rookie of the Year honors on the Canadian Tour in 1993.

PGA Tour Canada has its own series of qualifying schools at numerous sites across the country. The medalist at each of the six sites is fully exempt for the season. Also, those in the top 14 (not including ties) are exempt through the first six events, when a reshuffle happens. In case of a tie, note that a playoff is used to determine the final exempt position. Individuals in the top 40 including ties are conditionally exempt.

PGA Tour Canada Qualifying Tournament Procedures and Information

The primary mission of PGA Tour Canada is to deliver a PGA Tour experience for its members, fans, volunteers, and partners, and to ensure that they develop the future stars of professional golf and enrich the communities the Tour visits. Aside from the details and information noted above, here are other key details when looking to qualify for PGA Tour Canada;

Membership Eligibility

To be eligible to participate in PGA Tour Canada, professionals or amateurs will need a handicap index, which when applied to a qualifying course rating, will generate a course handicap of two (2.0) or less. The PGA TOUR reserves the right to validate the handicap index of amateurs and to refuse anyone not in alignment with the requirements.

In accordance with the PGA TOUR Canada Tournament Regulations, a player will need to be 18 years of age or older to qualify for membership.

A player under the age of 18 may be allowed to enter the PGA TOUR Canada Qualifying Tournament, as long as the player turns 18 on or before the first scheduled round of the final (official money) PGA TOUR Canada tournament of the season.

If a player under the age of 18 qualifies for the PGA TOUR Canada, the player would not be eligible for PGA TOUR Canada membership until his 18 th birthday.

The entry fee of $2,600 USD will have to be paid when sending in your application and be payable by credit card. Use of a Visa Debit card is not advisable. The entry fee includes a green fee, coupled with liability insurance coverage, covering liability that may occur as a result of the applicant’s presence at a qualifying competition site.

Only online entries are accepted and the entry fee for any player attempting to enter after the entry deadline will be $3,000 USD. Applications may be submitted for the one-week period as stipulated by the entry availability and deadlines noted by PGA Tour Canada.

Completed applications will be randomly selected until all tournament sites are filled. Note that any applicant whose applications are not selected pursuant to this process will not be eligible to compete in the 2022 PGA TOUR Canada Qualifying Tournament, and their entry fees will be refunded.

Have it in mind that PGA Tour Canada as of 2022 is a 72-hole stroke play competition with the low 30 qualifiers and any player tied for 30 th place earning eligibility status. The winner of each site will be exempt for the entire 2022 season and not subject to any reshuffle(s).

Also, note that Finishers 2-9 will be exempt through the reshuffle which will take place approximately halfway through the season. In case of a tie for 1 st or 9 th position, there will be a hole-by-hole playoff immediately following play. Finishers 10-30 and any player tied for 30 th place will get conditional status to the PGA TOUR Canada for the 2022 season.

Field Size & Site Assignment

According to reports, a maximum of 132 players are allowed per site. All 2021 members of the FORME Tour, coupled with all 2021-2022 PGA TOUR Latinoamérica and 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Members will get priority in site assignment but will be drawn on a random basis from virtually the same pool of member applicants.

Member and non-member entries won’t be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis and both are subject to the same entry period.

The PGA TOUR Canada still has the right to balance the field size at qualifying sites by assigning any applicant, including members of the aforementioned tours whose applications are received before the entry deadline, to other sites as considered necessary.

Should each of the sites/fields reach the maximum number of players, extra applicants will be assigned as an alternate to their highest-ranked (i.e., first) site preference. Just as with site assignments, alternates will be assigned on a random basis and PGA TOUR Canada still has the right to balance the field size at qualifying sites by assigning any alternate to another site as considered necessary, irrespective of preference.

For players; while on the host facility property, players are expected to present a neat appearance in both clothing and personal grooming. Blue jeans, cutoffs, T-shirts, or shirts with no collar shall not be worn. Shorts are permitted only during the official practice round and the days prior; players will be mandated to wear long pants on official competition days (this also includes when using practice facilities on-site).

For caddies; while on the host facility property, caddies will need to wear either long pants or tailored solid-colored knee-length shorts or skirts. Blue jeans, cutoffs, T-shirts, or shirts with no collar shall not be worn. Smooth rubber sole shoes are required. Sandals, open-toe shoes, and golf shoes with traditional metal or soft spikes are prohibited.

While on host facility property during qualifying rounds, players and caddies are expected to carry themselves professionally. Have it in mind that PGA TOUR reserves the right to remove a player from the qualifying competition for non-competitiveness, conduct unbecoming of a professional by the player, or conduct unbecoming a professional by the player’s caddie.

Tips on How to Qualify for PGA Tour Canada

Any aspiring golfer can join the PGA Canada tour, as long as he or she has the skills to play golf at a professional level. If you are looking to become a professional golfer in Canada, consider these tips noted below.

Work with a Professional

Note that to become a professional golfer in Canada and participate in PGA Tour Canada, it is imperative you first hire the services of a professional golfer. A professional will teach you the right techniques used by professionals when playing the sport. Aside from that, he will make necessary changes to your swing to ensure it is better and more lethal.

Practice, Practice, Practice

To ensure that you become very perfect with your golf swing, you must practice it regularly. Professional golfers tend to invest so much time in hitting balls out of the bunkers and on the range. Don’t forget that regular practice would only make you a better golfer.

Always Remember To Warm Up

It is also important you create a warm-up routine you will use when you are playing in PGA Tour Canada tournaments. When you are playing in such tournaments, it is necessary to ensure that your warm-up routine can help you remain focused both physically and mentally.

Participate in Tournaments

Also, consider participating in some regional and local golf tournaments before going on to register for PGA Tour Canada. This will ensure that you get used to the pressure of tournament play. Regardless of how good you are at golf, you have to get used to the pressure of playing in a golf tournament. Don’t forget that pressure influences the way you play your game. When you feel pressured, you barely make the most out of your birdie opportunities.

Submit Your Application Early

Also, remember to fill out and turn in your application on time. Once you have submitted your application, make sure to pay all the required fees. After that, focus on landing among the top places in the qualifying rounds. By becoming a top 25 golfer after the very tasking qualifying rounds, you will get the opportunity to play on the PGA Tour Canada.

The PGA Canada golf Tour is a professional golf tournament that features the best upcoming golfers in the world. Have it in mind that the leading five-point earners at the end of each season get status on the Korn Ferry Tour for the following season. The primary mission of PGA Tour Canada is to deliver a PGA TOUR experience to its members, fans, volunteers, and partners.

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PGA Tour Americas to replace Canadian and Latin American men's pro golf circuits

Starting next february, new tour will feature 16 events in 8 countries on 2 continents.

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The PGA Tour is merging two of its third-tier circuits.

PGA Tour Canada and PGA Tour Latinoamerica will combine to become the PGA Tour Americas in February. The new tour will consist of 16 events held across Latin America, Canada and the United States from February through September.

The top-10 finishers on the season-long points list will earn Korn Ferry Tour membership for the following season.

"As we build on the rich golf history across Latin America and Canada, we are thrilled about PGA Tour Americas and the role this tour will play in preparing players for the next step in their professional golf journey," said Alex Baldwin, who oversees PGA Tour Americas, the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour Q-School presented by Korn Ferry and PGA Tour University.

"PGA Tour Americas will be an extremely competitive tour aimed at identifying, developing and transitioning top-performing players to the next level as they ascend through the ranks and strive to reach the highest level of professional golf, the PGA Tour."

The PGA TOUR Americas season will begin in February with the Latin America Swing, which will conclude in May.

The top 60 players from the Latin America Swing will then qualify for the North America Swing.

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Members will compete in Canada and the United States from June through September in an effort to finish in the top 10 on the season-long points list and earn Korn Ferry Tour membership for the following season.

There will also be numerous performance benefits available on PGA Tour Americas. Five conditional Korn Ferry Tour cards are available to the top two finishers in the Latin America Swing and the top three performers from the North America Swing, in the event those individuals do not finish in the top 10 on the final PGA Tour Americas Points List.

The 2024 PGA Tour Americas schedule will be announced in September.

Finalized details regarding eligibility, including the priority ranking, as well as purses and points distribution, will be announced closer to the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas season beginning in February 2024.

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Masters green jacket celebrates 75 years: Brass buttons, hockey pucks, missing jackets ... and everything in between

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A close-up look at the green jacket at Augusta National Golf Club. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

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Part of the registration form to compete in the Masters includes a field asking for players’ jacket size.

It’s not hard to guess why. The iconic green jacket is one of the most coveted prizes in golf and has become synonymous with achievement, tradition and honor. It meant so much to 1970 Masters champion Billy Casper that he even requested to be buried in it.

Of course, some players like Jordan Spieth don’t know their jacket size. Following his 2015 Masters victory, Spieth recalled: “I didn't give them my size originally. I wore the one off the green that day, and I never gave it back to them to tailor or anything, … so it's huge.”

Follow along as we delve into the origins and history of the green jacket and see how players have had fun with the fabric on and off Augusta’s hallowed grounds.

The origins

In 1930, while attending The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Club, Augusta National Golf Club co-founder and legendary amateur golfer Bobby Jones noticed that all of the club’s captains were clothed in matching red jackets. Jones would go on to win The Open and was privately gifted a red jacket of his own. When Augusta opened three years later, Jones pitched the idea of jackets. The colors red, yellow and “Georgia peach” were floated, but the club eventually settled on the verdant green that pillowed the azalea bushes.

By 1937, every Augusta member attending the Masters donned wool “green jackets” in order to stand out to visitors, who could ask members for directions.

With his win in 1949, Sam Snead became the first Masters champion to be awarded a green jacket and all past champions were retroactively given one.

The 1949 Masters champion Sam Snead wearing his green jacket at Augusta National Golf Club. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

The details

The green jacket’s fabric is a school uniform mix of wool and polyester produced locally in Georgia, while the jackets themselves are made in Cincinnati. The blazer is the trademarked shade “Pantone 342,” or “Masters green,” and is single-breasted and single-vented with logo-stamped custom brass buttons made in Connecticut. The left breast pocket has an embroidered patch with the Augusta National logo, and the owner’s name is stitched in the inside lining. Each jacket takes about a month to produce and costs around $250.

A close-up look at the green jacket's detailing. (Getty Images)

The club has jackets of various sizes on standby for winners, and the ceremonial jacket originally presented to winners eventually gets swapped out for a custom one of their size. Champions also have the option to get their jacket tailored – though some like Spieth (“I never trusted anybody, never wanted anyone to go do it”) have declined.

Repeat winners are awarded the same original green jacket. Just ask José María Olazábal, who knew his 1999 green jacket was the same as his jacket from his 1994 win “because the name is still misspelled inside” (spelled "Olazabel”).

Of course, the exception is six-time Masters winner Jack Nicklaus, who didn’t officially own his own green jacket until 1998 – 35 years after winning his first. As a heavier-set 23-year-old in 1963, Arnold Palmer presented him with a size 46 jacket.

“It hung on me like an old blanket,” Nicklaus recalled.

Winning again just a year later – and with still no replacement jacket ordered – Nicklaus used a loaner jacket for his next three wins. Wanting to keep it going, he eventually ordered a replica green jacket – of completely wrong cut and color – that was presented to him in 1975. Somehow, nobody noticed.

Finally, the jig was up in 1997, when Nicklaus approached Chairman Jack Stephens, who offered up a new, official green jacket.

Outfit of champions

Entering Sunday at Augusta National, surely every player in contention dresses himself with the possibility of a green jacket in the back of his mind?

But in the case of Bernhard Langer at the 1985 Masters, perhaps not. He became the first Masters champion to pair a bright red shirt and pants with the green jacket, and he lit up Augusta National like a Christmas tree.

“I felt comfortable in red,” said Langer. “It’s an aggressive color.”

Langer is not the only champion to have graced the fairways with bold fashion choices. In his first of three Masters victories, Sir Nick Faldo wore a white sweater with green geometric patterns over a light blue polo paired with blue pants. He later capped off his green jacket garb with a Union Jack-patterned cap.

During the final round of the 1995 Masters, Ben Crenshaw wore a whimsical shirt featuring photos of Bobby Jones printed all over. His green jacket ceremony was a fitting tribute to the originator of the garment.

On the left, Bernhard Langer dons the green jacket in 1985. On the right, José María Olazábal presents the green jacket to Ben Crenshaw at the 1984 Masters. (Getty Images)

Nick Faldo wearing the green jacket after his 1989 Masters win. (Getty Images)

Off the grounds

Only the defending Masters champion may take his green jacket off the grounds, and Faldo took full advantage of that perk. As the legend of the green jacket grew, so did the buzz around the champion after each tournament, and Faldo began to wear it during press appearances. Other players followed suit, as champions like Trevor Immelman and Zach Johnson wore the jacket as they went through the post-Masters New York “car wash,” appearing on talk shows, touring the Empire State Building and ringing the opening bell at the New York stock exchange.

Jordan Spieth taking a selfie with the green jacket on top of the Empire State Building in 2015. (Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

Trevor Immelman on top of the Empire State Building in 2008. (Getty Images)

Immelman also paid a visit to see his favorite basketball team, the Boston Celtics, play in Madison Square Garden, cementing the tradition of wearing the green jacket to other sporting events. Both 2003 champion Mike Weir and 2022 champion Scottie Scheffler opened sports games in their green jackets, as Weir dropped the puck at the Air Canada Centre and Scheffler threw the first at a Texas Rangers baseball game.

Danny Willett wearing the green jacket to Wimbledon in 2016. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

A case of the missing jacket

Some champions were not quite as observant of the one-year rule. When asked to return his jacket in 2002 by then-Chairman Hootie Johnson, two-time Masters champion Seve Ballesteros (1980, 1983) declined.

South Africa’s Gary Player, who became the first international winner of the Masters in 1961, was requested to bring his jacket back by Clifford Roberts. He famously replied, “Fine, Mr. Roberts, if you want it, come and fetch it!” Player ultimately agreed to not wear the jacket in public, and players were eventually issued a replica jacket they could keep at home.

The legend lives on

Over the years, other wacky scenarios have emerged.

When a 21-year-old Tiger Woods won his first of five Masters Champions in 1997, he refused to remove it. “I fell asleep fully clothed and hugging the green jacket like a blanket,” he recalled afterward.

When 2007 champion Zach Johnson arrived in Times Square with the jacket covered by a white trash bag, his wife Kim explained: “We don’t have a garment bag. We didn’t plan on winning the Masters.”

While back home in Australia, 2013 champion Adam Scott endured a scare: “One of the buttons was ripped off by a friend of mine because he was just so excited,” he shared. Luckily, Scott was able to patch it up at home with no long-term issues.

The 2021 champion, Hideki Matsuyama, was spotted carrying the green jacket through the Atlanta airport and admitted that for the entire year, he never had his jacket dry cleaned. “I just was so worried that something might happen to it,” he said. “… I didn’t want to let it out of my sight.”

Stephanie Royer is on staff at the PGA TOUR. She played on her college golf team and is currently on a meaningful journey to travel to every destination in the "National Treasure" movies.