Augusta National Golf Club the Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship in 2019, a 54-hole event for the world's top amateur players. Every member of Augusta National receives a green sport coat with the club's logo on the left breast. The idea of the green jacket originated with club co-founder Clifford Roberts. Many believe it is because he wanted patrons visiting during the tournament to be able to readily identify members. Since Sam Snead's victory in 1949, the winner of each year's Masters Tournament has received a green jacket, although he does not receive membership. The jacket is presented to the new winner by the
Tournament of Champions (golf) Tournament of Champions (golf) The Sentry Tournament of Champions is the calendar-year opening tournament of golf's PGA Tour season, played in Hawaii on the island of Maui. Founded in 1953, the field is restricted to golfers who won a tournament on the tour during the previous calendar year. From 1986 through 2013, it was the opening event of each tour season; the PGA Tour switched to its wrap-around October–September season in the fall of 2013. The Sentry Tournament of Champions is held during the first week of January and, since 1999, has been played over the Plantation Course at the