Green jacket: One size fits all?

Professional golfers come in an impressive array of shapes and sizes - how is it the Green Jacket fits the winner perfectly?

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Patricia Hannigan, Founder Blogger, Golf Girl

 

Professional golfers come in an impressive array of shapes and sizes.

 

One need only look at the men who’ve won The Masters to see the disparity:20th Century extremes were 6’6″ George Archer, the 1965 champion, and 5’4″ Ian Woosnam, who donned his green jacket in 1991.

 

The size disparity hasn’t been quite so massive in recent years, but there’s been a fair amount of variation.

 

Modern Masters champions range from the diminutive to the statuesque… with a bit of portly thrown in for good measure.

 

And speaking of measure, Have you ever wondered how a perfectly sized green jacket always manages to be available to the winner… almost the minute he sinks his winning putt?

 

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