The Winner 2009 is Ángel Cabrera in green jacket. The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters, or The U.S. Masters outside of the United States, is one of the four major championships in professional golf. The Masters is the first acknowledged major golf championship of the year, and since 1940 has been played so that the final round is always on the second Sunday of April.
The Masters is only major that is played the same course every year at Augusta National Golf Club in the U.S. state of Georgia. The tournament is an official money event on the PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. A green jacket is awarded to the winner of each year. The green sport coat is the official attire worn by members of Augusta National while on the club grounds; each Masters winner becomes an honorary member of the club. Winners keep their jacket for the first year after their first victory, then return it to the club. By tradition, the winner of the previous year's Masters Tournament puts the jacket on the current winner at the end of the tournament. In addition to the green jacket, winners of the tournament receive a Gold Medal. They have their names engraved on the actual silver Masters trophy. winning the Masters gives a golfer several privileges which make his career more secure. Masters champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (the U.S. Open, the Open Championship, and the PGA Championship for the next five years, and earn a lifetime invitation to the Masters. They also receive membership on the PGA Tour for the following five seasons and invitations to The Players Championship for five years.
The first winner of the Masters Tournament was Horton Smith. Jack Nicklaus has won more Masters Tournaments than any other golfer, winning six times between 1963 and 1986. Other multiple winners include Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods, with four each. Gary Player, from South Africa, was the first non-American player to win the tournament in 1961. The youngest winner of the Masters is Tiger Woods, who was 21 years old when he won in 1997. The current champion, winning in 2009, is Ángel Cabrera.
The 5 last years ago championship of The Masters
2009 Ángel Cabrera, Argentina
2008 Trevor Immelman, South Africa
2007 Zach Johnson, Unitied States
2006 Phil Mickelson, Unitied States
2005 Tiger Woods, Unitied States
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