A Green Jacket For The Men But Augusta National Not Sounding So Sure For New Women’s Event.

Augusta, GA  ….

New-appointed Masters chairman, Fred Ridley announced an exciting new women’s amateur event to begin next year and culminate in the week before the Masters.

And while Augusta National is to be congratulated in continuing to bridge the gender cap at one of the world’s more-exclusive golf clubs, the Georgia club were left stumped when asked if the winner will be fitted with a green jacket.

Augusta Chairman, Fred Ridley.

“The green jacket certainly is an iconic part of the Masters Tournament and is awarded to the champion,” said Ridley.

“We plan to have a very distinctive award in trophy for the winner of this event, and we think in time that that will become iconic as well as it relates to this championship, and we think that it will be very well received and the winner is going to be very excited to receive it.

“But to answer the question, we don’t know yet. We got to work on that. But I can assure you it will be very, very nice”.

The 54-hole, stroke-play event will feature an international field of 72 players.

Invitees will be determined by awarding winners of other recognized championships and using the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking.

In 2019, the first two rounds will take place at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta.

After a cut to the low 30 scores, the final competitive round will take place at Augusta National on Saturday, April 6.



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