Who Played the Most Consecutive Masters?
April 9th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Arnold Palmer played the most with 50 consecutive Masters beginning in 1955 and ending in 2004. His fourth and final Masters win in 1964 by 6 strokes was an amazing 12 under par 276, beating out Dave Marr and Jack Nicklaus. To honor this amazing accomplishment Tuttle Catalog wants you to enjoy 15% off any order of $50 or more with promo code AP50.
Arnold Palmer
At a time and place where he was the most dominant and a dashing figure for more than a decade, Arnold Palmer has said he has few regrets. But the 18th hole of the 1961 event was one big, blurry, self-induced debacle. The mistake he made at Augusta National was a mental gaffe he’s talked about for five decades since. With Gary Player already in the clubhouse and trailing him by a shot, Palmer hit his approach on the final hole, arrived at the green and found his ball buried in the sand. He bladed his bunker shot over the green. He then followed with an absent-minded putt from the sloping fringe that rolled 15 feet past the hole. Then he uncharacteristically missed. 
Palmer had handed the title to Player with a double-bogey, making the South African the first international winner in Masters history.
Do you remember the upset watching this Masters?
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What Was the Lowest Amateur Score Recorded by Whom and in What Yar?
April 8th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Ken Venturi had the lowest recorded score in Master’s history. He ended the first round with 66.
Ken Venturi
In his own words:
“I started the final round of the 1956 Masters with a four-stroke lead, but then shot 80 to lose to Jackie Burke by one. I hit 15 greens the last day but three-putted six times. The mistake I made was consciously trying to two-putt every green and just coast home. The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn’t wired that way. You’re accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure.”
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To anyone born after the mid 1950′s, Ken Venturi is best-known as the decades-long lead golf analyst for CBS Television. Before he was a great broadcaster, Venturi was a great golfer, one whose career was cut short by injuries, and was bookended by a famous failure and a famous success.
The famous failure: As an amateur in 1956, Venturi took the first-round lead at The Masters, and held a 4-shot lead going into the final round. But in that final round, Venturi three-putted six times and shot 80, winding up as runner-up to Jack Burke Jr. It’s been called by some one of the biggest chokes in golf history, but that round was one of the toughest scoring days ever at the Masters. Venturi’s score was only a couple above the field average.
The famous success: As a professional in 1964, Venturi battled through severe dehydration and heat exhaustion on a 36-hole, 100-degree final day at the U.S. Open, nearly collapsing on the course, but hanging on to win his only major championship.
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What Golfer Played in the Most Master’s Golf Tournaments?
April 7th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Pro golfer Gary Player golfed the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club 52 times, winning in 1961, 1974 and 1978.
About the Man and his game:
Gary Player the Early Years & His 51st Masters
Player, living up to one of his many monickers as “The International Ambassador of Golf,” is believed to have flown more than 15 million miles traversing the globe to play golf tournaments.
While countryman Bobby Locke preceded him to the PGA Tour, the South African Player was the first international star to build a long-term presence on the PGA Tour, while also playing around the world. Along the way, Player won tournaments in 27 consecutive years, and 163 tournaments total worldwide. Player turned pro in 1953 and joined the PGA Tour in 1957. His first major championship win came at the 1959 British Open. In 1961 he became the first non-American to win the Masters. The PGA Championship followed in 1962, and when Player won the U.S. Open in 1965 he became, at the time, only the third winner of the golf career grand slam. The last of Player’s nine majors came at the 1978 Masters, where his final-round 64 propelled him from a 7-shot deficit to a 1-stroke victory.
Can you imagine the stamina it takes to travel 15 million miles, win golf’s grand slam and play the Masters 52 times?
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In Honor Of the Masters
April 7th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
In honor of the Spring 2011 Masters, The Clotheshound is departing from it’s usual posts on golf clothes and fashion to talk about some of histories greatest golfers and the tournament.
How Did the Master’s “Green Jacket” Get Started?
April 6th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
The stunning Augusta National Golf Club,
Augusta National Golf Club
home of The Masters, is a privately held golf course founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts. In 1937 the club issued its members green, an obvious color choice for both the sport and to stand out in a crowd, jackets so that Masters patrons could easily identify club members to get accurate information on the event in progress.
Bobby Jones Green Jacket Display
The first round of green jackets was purchased from Brooks Uniform Company. Members were not very enthusiastic about wearing warm, green coats. Over a several year period the jackets were transformed. Newly created to be lightweight and made to order from the Club’s Golf Shop. Today’s single breasted, single vent jacket is ”Master’s Green” and adorned with the Augusta National Golf Club’s logo on the left chest pocket. Each brass button accenting the jacket also contains the Club’s logo.
In 1949 Master’s Champion, Sam Snead was the first winner to be presented with the green jacket, as a gesture representing honorary membership to the exclusive Augusta National Golf Club. 
Today it is considered the most coveted trophy in golf.
Arnold Palmer
Phil Green
There is just one hitch…While champions are awarded the jacket upon winning, they must return it to the Club House within a year.
Can you imagine the exhaustion of the tournament and the exhilaration of feeling that green jacket draped over your shoulders?
