Palmer: Mutumin da ya kawo koren saman daga wasan Masters
Ba abu ne mai sauƙi a sami wani abu mai alama a kan katangar bango ba. Amma saman kore da aka bai wa wanda ya lashe gasar Masters ya fi kawai sutura mai sauƙi; yana nuna cewa Masters shine yawon shakatawa na golf, mafi shahararriyar sutura a wasan golf, da kuma a duk wasanni. A bikin bayar da kyautar, wanda ya lashe kyautar yana samun taimako wajen sanya saman kore ta hanyar tsohon zakaran a gaban taron jama'a masu godiya da ɗaruruwan kyamarori masu walƙiya. Ko da magoya baya mafi kwanciyar hankali sun san cewa kowane sabon zakaran Masters ba wai kawai ya lashe ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun yawon shakatawa na golf a duniya ba, har ma da saman kore. Gasar Masters ta kasance a Augusta National. kulob ɗin golfKoren saman shine launin fairway ɗinsa, kuma yana nuna kyakkyawan aiki, nasara, al'ada da nasarar da ke tattare da yin wasa a wannan filin wasan golf mafi daraja.
Gary Player, wanda ya lashe gasar Masters sau uku, ya ce, "Jin ba shi da misaltuwa. Koren saman ba wai kawai yana nufin lashe Masters ba ne, yana wakiltar mutane kamar Bob Jones da gudummawar da ya bayar ga wasan golf. Hakanan yana wakiltar Clifford Roberts, wanda ya ba da zuciyarsa da ruhinsa ga Augusta National da Masters. Yana wakiltar babban yawon shakatawa na golf, mafi girman filin wasan golf a duniya, manyan mutane da manyan nasarori. Koren saman Masters yana nuna cikakkiyar golf." Snyder yana tafiya zuwa Augusta kowace shekara. Ya ce, "Lokacin da ka je cin abincin zakarun kuma ka kalli duk wanda ke sanye da riga mai kore, kana jin kamar kana cikin mutane mafi daraja a duniya."
A cikin labaransa, Mista Roberts yawanci yana kiran saman kore a matsayin "tunic" maimakon "top". Amma ko menene sunan, rigar Masters ce mai layi ɗaya, mai maɓalli 3, wacce aka yi da gashin rayon da aka yi da cakuda yadi 3 na ulu da zare na roba, kuma ana adana ta a cikin kabad na katako mai suttura a cikin gidan kulab. A cikin shekaru 50 da suka gabata, masana'antun guda huɗu daban-daban sun samar da saman kore, amma koyaushe yana riƙe da fasalulluka na musamman: launin kore, maɓallan tagulla, da tambarin Augusta National Golf Club da aka ƙawata a aljihun ƙirjin hagu. Tsawon shekaru, tambari biyu sun wakilci Augusta National, amma ɗaya kawai ya bayyana a saman kore: da'ira a kusa da zane na Amurka, tare da sandar tuta da rami da ke kai tsaye a wurin Augusta National.
Amma rigunan kore sun fara ne da tawali'u. A shekarar 1937, 'yan ƙungiyar Masters Tournament Club sun sanya rigunan kore na farko domin sauƙaƙa wa masu sayayya samun membobi. Da farko, wasu membobi ba su da sha'awar sanya rigunan kore masu haske, sai daga baya suka saba da su. Babu wanda zai iya tuna wanda ya fara gabatar da ra'ayin bayar da rigunan kore masu kyau ga ƙungiyar Golf ta Augusta National. Amma a shekarar 1949 Sam Snead ya zama ɗan wasa na farko da ya sami wannan girmamawa, inda ya lashe gasar da bugun uku a kan Johnny Bulla da Lloyd Mangrum. Sam Snyder ya tuna, "Duk 'yan wasan sun yi mamaki. Babu ɗayanmu da ya san za su ba da kyaututtuka." Snyder ya ci gaba da lashe kyaututtukan Masters sau biyu, a shekarar 1952 da 1954, amma masu nasara da yawa ba su sake samun rigunan kore ba sai dai idan girmansu ya canza sosai tsakanin nasarorin. Snyder ya kasance banda. Ya ce, "Ta wata hanya rigar farko ta kore ta ɓace kuma ina sanye da rigar Bob Jones tun daga lokacin. Na sami sabuwa a shekarar 1994 saboda hannun riga ya yi guntu da inci 4." Duk da cewa ana buƙatar dukkan membobi su sayi rigar kore, ba a ba wa zakaran Masters rigar kore ba sai bayan ya kammala gasar. Al'ada ce ga wanda ya yi nasara ya ɗauki rigar kore ya koma gida na tsawon shekara guda ya saka ta a gasa da tarukan golf kawai. Ba a yarda a yi amfani da rigar kore don abubuwan da suka shafi tallan kasuwanci ba. Bugu da ƙari, ana iya sanya rigar kore ne kawai a ƙungiyoyi.
A shekarar 1961, Arnold Palmer, zakaran Masters na 1960, ya taimaka wa wani ɗan wasa mai ban mamaki ya sanya rigar kore a lokacin da ƙafafun ɗan Afirka ta Kudu ba su daɗe da sanya ƙafa a ƙasa ba. Ɗan wasan ya ce, "Na yi matuƙar farin ciki da samun rigar kore. Na mayar da ita Afirka ta Kudu, na rufe ta da kyakkyawan murfin filastik na rataye ta a cikin kabad. Tabbas, ba zan saka ta ba. Wata rana, shekara ɗaya ko makamancin haka, na sami kiran waya daga Mr. Roberts. Ya ce 'Garry, ina tsammanin ka kai rigar Celebrity Race Green gida. Ba a yarda kowa ya yi hakan ba.' Na ce, 'Eh, Mr. Roberts, na kai ta gida. Amma idan kana son a mayar maka da ita, dole ne ka same ta da kanka.' Duk mun yi dariya. Ya ce, 'Don Allah, don Allah kada ka saka ta a wani wuri.' Duk waɗannan shekarun bayan haka, rigar kore har yanzu tana rataye a cikin kabad dina. Kullum ina ganinta duk lokacin da na canza tufafi."
Rigar kore da sabon zakaran Masters ya saka a bikin bayar da kyautar a zahiri rigar da aka aro daga kabad ɗin katako na ƙungiyar.