Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Watching the Masters on Sunday and suddenly wondering why all the members and winners of the ...

green jackets were worn to help visitors easily identify knowledgeable Augusta National members, an idea golf legend and Masters co-founder Bobby Jones took from the practice of club captains in ...

Rory Mcllroy's "best day of his golfing life" ended with the Northern Irishman being given the famous green jacket as winner ...

Do Masters Tournament winners keep their green jackets? Has a jacket ever gone missing? Here are some fun facts about the ...

When Augusta opened in 1933, the iconic former golfer Bobby Jones wanted a jacket which matched the red worn by former captains at Royal ... most iconic prizes in golf. There are strict conditions ...

borrowed the idea from the Royal Liverpool Golf Course in England, where he noticed former club captains wore snappy red blazers at dinner. Members of Augusta National were given green jackets for ...

But golf’s best-kept secret has been protected ... Jones attended a dinner in Liverpool, noticed club captains wearing matching jackets and was inspired to bring the concept to Georgia.