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Unsure of what it really means to wear that green jacket? Read on for more info about one of the most prestigious events in all of sports.

The Masters golf tournament is considered to be the most historically significant major tournament in the history of the PGA. The Masters started in 1934. At the time there were fewer players in the field of course. Now there are seventeen different ways you can now qualify for the tournament. You have upset stories like a kid from Cedar Rapids, Iowa in Zach Johnson or you have two legends like Palmer and Nicklaus winning championships year after year to further cement their supremacy among the pantheon of great golfers. Nicklaus was the oldest golf to ever win the Masters of course at age 46. Nicklaus has now ostensibly retired from competitive golf, occasionally playing in a Skins game.

The majestic feeling that people get when they walk the course at Augusta National is something that you can realize at the Masters. Jim Nantz of CBS Sports often talks about the magic of walking up the eighteenth green for a guy who is about to put on that green jacket. Nantz also often talks about how exciting it is for him to call that final put as a broadcaster in a close final round on Sunday.

Augusta National has a lot of great and tragic in the golf world sense moments. Tiger Woods winning his first Masters and continuing his meteoric rise to be one of the most recognizable athletes in the world. The opposite side of the coin is of course Greg Norman’s epic collapse in the final round during the 1986 Masters. Turning a six shot lead into a five hole deficit shows how quickly your fortunes can turn at the Masters. I don’t know if Norman will come back to play again this year, given his schedule as a successful real estate investor. The Masters brass would probably let him play under some sort of exemption.

You can see great players who have struggled to win majors like Phil Mickelson finally reach the mountain top and get that first major win. Putting that green jacket on had Phil looking like a one thousand pound gorilla had just been lifted off his shoulders. The green jackets were actually not awarded until 1949. Sam Snead won the tournament that year. Last year the tournament provided to be a David versus Goliath situation as Trevor Immelman held off Tiger Woods.

Several past champions who will not be participating this year are Nick Faldo and Doug Ford. Faldo in particular can still play some pretty competitive golf so it is a shame he won’t be participating. Nick Faldo has won the Master three times which is quite an impressive feat, given that he has only nine PGA Tour wins in his career. That number of wins sounds like a little bit deflated because of his 27 wins on the European Tour over the span of his career.

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