Augusta National Golf Club surely doesn’t hold back in rewarding whoever wins the Masters. There’s the $2.07 million that goes to the winner. There’s a replica Masters trophy that the champion receives. There’s a gold medal awarded to the winner. And then there’s the Green Jacket, which has formally been awarded since 1949.
The winner of the Masters gets the green sports coat put on him by the previous year’s winner in a made-for-TV moment. Winners only get to keep the jacket for one year before giving it back to Augusta National, which then allows the winners to wear it whenever they are present on the grounds.
The green jacket, itself, is considered priceless, but one was recently sold for $139,00 at an online auction. Augusta National Golf Club confirmed the authenticity of the jacket, but the original owner’s name had been removed from it, so no one knows which Masters champion gave it away.
