Golf’s Most Iconic Trophy Has Ties To North Carolina
On Sunday afternoon, Scottie Sheffler won his second Masters championship in three years. Sure, he won $3.6 million. Sure, he got a beautiful silver trophy that is a replica of Augusta National Golf Club’s clubhouse. None of those things matter. You see, to The Masters champion receipt of the most iconic of trophies in sports is bestowed: the green jacket.
Even the most casual sports fan knows of The Masters green jacket. Only two kinds of people have access to them: members of the club and past champions of the tournament. The jackets must be kept on site at Augusta National at all times with one exception. For the tournament’s winner, he has the right to take the jacket off property for one year. After which it must be returned and kept in his champions’ locker.
HOW DID THE MASTERS GREEN JACKET COME TO BE?
According to pga.com, there are two different origins as to how the green blazers became associated with Augusta National. The first story is Augusta National co-founder and one of golf’s greatest champions, Bobby Jones, attended a dinner at 12-time Open Championship venue Royal Liverpool in England where club captains were wearing matching jackets to denote their position. Jones liked that. The other story is that Augusta National co-founder Clifford Roberts figured it was a way to identify club members as “reliable sources of information” to visiting non-members — and to let waiters know who got the check at dinner.
WHERE ARE THE MASTERS GREEN JACKETS MADE?
The first jackets the club had come from a New York clothier. However, the members were not fond of the fit or how uncomfortable the coats became in warm weather. In 1967, the Hamilton Tailoring Co. of Cincinnati has been the exclusive manufacturer of the Masters green jacket. Don’t get any ideas though, you can’t get one. No private orders from the general public are accepted. Interestingly though, you can get the color any time you want. It’s officially “Pantone 342.” You also know it as “John Deere Green.”
WHAT IS THE MASTERS GREEN JACKET’S TIE TO NORTH CAROLINA?
Even more interesting to North Carolinians is the iconic club logo patch on the left breast pocket. It is made by A&B Emblem Co. in Weaverville, N.C. So, the next time you see a Masters champion put on his green jacket, admire the breast patch with Tar Heel State pride.
How Much Masters Prize Money Every Golfer Made in 2024
Scottie Scheffler is walking away from the Masters with the biggest winners’ check ever, but how much Masters prize money did everyone make in the tournament this year?
Scheffler’s 11-under four-shot win over Ludvig Aberg gives him $3.6 million of the $20 million prize pool this time around.
Last year, Jon Rahm earned $360,000 less than this year’s winner, as golf starts to contend with the massive prize (and pay) pools in LIV Golf.
Top Masters Prize Money Winners
Both of the top golfers had huge paydays this year. Aberg will take home more than the winners from 2015 and 2016, for example.
Before the 2024 Masters even started, something about “Scottie Scheffler Masters Champion” just felt right.
He’s been the best golfer in the world for a while now, and even though Rahm won it last year, you could make a reasonable case that the 2022 winner Scheffler felt more inevitable.
And so it was all about Scottie Scheffler. The most consistent golfer in the world right now did just that over four rounds at Augusta National.
And that led to a flip of last year’s Butler Cabin Green Jacket ceremony. Last year Scheffler put it on Rahm. This year Rahm had to put it on Scottie.
Now he can safely get home to his pregnant wife, with a second Green Jacket to wrap his new baby in when they get here.
1. Scottie Scheffler - $3.6 million
T3. Tommy Fleetwood - $1,040,000
T3. Collin Morikawa - $1,040,000
T6. Cameron Smith - $695,000
T6. Bryson DeChambeau - $695,000
8. Xander Schauffele - $620,000
T9. Will Zalatoris - $540,000
70-77-72-69 288 Even
T9. Tyrrell Hatton - $540,000
T9. Cameron Young - $540,000
T12. Matthieu Pavon - $405,000
70-73-74-72 289 +1
T12. Patrick Reed - $405,000
T12. Adam Schenk - $405,000
T12. Cam Davis - $405,000
T16. Sepp Straka - $310,000
73-71-74-72 290 +2
T16. Chris Kirk - $310,000
T16. Byeong Hun An - $310,000
T16. Nicolai Hojgaard - $310,000
T20. Taylor Moore - $250,000
T20. Lucas Glover - $250,000
T22. Keegan Bradley - $175,500
T22. Harris English - $175,500
T22. Adam Scott - $175,500
T22. Rory McIlroy - $175,500
T22. Matthew Fitzpatrick - $175,500
T22. Patrick Cantlay - $175,500
T30. Tom Kim - $124,200
72-78-77-66 293 +5
T30. Si Woo Kim - $124,200
T30. J.T. Poston - $124,200
75-74-74-70 293 +5
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 13: J.T. Poston of the United States plays his shot from the bunker on the seventh hole during the third round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 13, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
T35. Kurt Kitayama - $103,000
71-73-82-68 294 +6
T35. Camilo Villegas - $103,000
T35. Akshay Bhatia - $103,000
T38. Russell Henley - $86,000
T38. Corey Conners - $86,000
70-76-76-73 295 +7
T38. Luke List - $86,000
T43. Phil Mickelson - $72,000
T43. Shane Lowry - $72,000
73-74-75-74 296 +8
T45. Denny McCarthy - $57,200
74-74-79-70 297 +9
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 13: Denny McCarthy of the United States reacts to his shot from the fourth tee during the third round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 13, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
T45. Jose Maria Olazabal - $57,200
77-73-75-72 297 +9
T45. Brooks Koepka - $57,200
73-73-76-75 297 +9
T45. Sahith Theegala - $57,200
51. Grayson Murray - $49,200
T53. (a) Neal Shipley - $0
71-76-80-73 300 +12 (Amateurs are not eligible for prize money)
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 13: Amateur Neal Shipley of the United States plays his shot from the fourth tee during the third round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 13, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
T55. Jake Knapp - $44,400
74-76-78-73 301 +13
T55. Erik Van Rooyen - $44,400
71-76-78-76 301 +13
T55. Tony Finau - $44,400
T58. Vijay Singh - $41,400
75-73-82-72 302 +14
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 13: Vijay Singh of Fiji plays his shot from the fourth tee during the third round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 13, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
T58. Thorbjorn Olesen - $41,400
71-79-77-75 302 +14
60. Tiger Woods - $39,600