Palmer: Ko te tangata nāna i kawe mai te tihi matomato mai i te kēmu Masters

Ehara i te mea ngāwari te kimi i tētahi mea tohu i runga i te whata pakitara. Engari ko te koti matomato i whakawhiwhia ki te toa o te Masters ehara i te mea he kākahu noa iho; e whakaatu ana ko te Masters te haerenga korowha, te kākahu tino rongonui i roto i te kēmu korowha, me ngā hākinakina katoa. I te hui whakawhiwhinga tohu, ka āwhinahia te toa ki te mau i te koti matomato e te toa o mua i mua i te hunga whakarongo me ngā rau kāmera kanapa. Ahakoa te hunga tino pārekareka e mōhio ana ko ia toa Masters hou ehara i te mea ka toa noa i tētahi o ngā haerenga korowha tino rongonui o te ao, engari ko te koti matomato hoki. Kei Augusta National te Whakataetae Masters. karapu korowhaKo te tihi matomato tōna tae ara tākaro, ā, e whakaatu ana i te hiranga, te whakatutukitanga, te tikanga tuku iho me te wikitoria e puta mai ana i te tākaro i tēnei papa korowha tino rongonui.

I mea atu a Gary Player, te Toa Masters e toru ngā wā, "Kāore e taea te whakataurite i te kare ā-roto. Ehara i te mea ko te tihi matomato anake te tohu o te wikitoria i te Masters, engari he tohu mō ngā tāngata pēnei i a Bob Jones me āna takoha ki te kēmu korowha. He tohu anō hoki mō Clifford Roberts, nāna i tuku tōna ngākau me tōna wairua ki a Augusta National me te Masters. He tohu mō tētahi haerenga korowha nui, te papa korowha nui rawa atu o te ao, ngā tāngata nunui me ngā whakatutukitanga nunui. Ko te tihi matomato o te Masters he tohu mō te tino pai o te korowha." Ka haere a Snyder ki Augusta i ia tau. I mea ia, "Ina haere koe ki te Kai Hākari Toa, ka titiro koe ki te hunga katoa e mau ana i te tihi matomato, ka rite koe ki te mea kei roto koe i te hunga tino rangatira o te ao."

I roto i āna tuhinga, e kī ana a Mr. Roberts ko te tihi matomato he "tūniki" kaua ko te "tihi". Ahakoa te ingoa, he kākahu Masters kotahi te rarangi, e toru ngā pātene, he raina rayon, he mea hanga mai i te ranunga o te 3 iāri o te huruhuru hipi me ngā muka hangai, ā, kei roto i te kāpata rakau i roto i te whare karapu e rongoa ana. I roto i ngā tau 50 kua pahure ake nei, e whā ngā kaihanga rerekē kua hanga i te tihi matomato, engari kei te mau tonu ōna āhuatanga motuhake: te tae matomato, ngā pātene parahi, me te tohu o te Augusta National Golf Club kua whakapaipaihia ki te pute o te uma maui. I roto i ngā tau, e rua ngā tohu kua tohu i a Augusta National, engari kotahi anake kua puta ki te tihi matomato: he porowhita huri noa i te whakairoiro US, me te pou haki me te kōhao kei te wāhi tika o Augusta National.

Engari i tīmata noa ngā kākahu matomato. I te tau 1937, i mau ngā kākahu matomato tuatahi i ngā mema o te Karapu Whakataetae Masters kia māmā ai te kimi mema mā ngā kaitautoko. I te tīmatanga, kāore ētahi mema i hiahia ki te mau i te kākahu matomato kanapa, ā, i muri mai ka taunga ki te mau. Kāore e taea te mahara ko wai i puta tuatahi te whakaaro ki te whakawhiwhi i ngā kākahu matomato me ngā mema honore ki te Karapu Korowha ā-Motu o Augusta ki ngā toa Masters. Engari i te tau 1949, ko Sam Snead te kaitākaro tuatahi i whakawhiwhia ki tēnei honore, i toa i te taitara mā te toru whiu i a Johnny Bulla rāua ko Lloyd Mangrum. E mahara ana a Sam Snyder, "I ohorere ngā kaitākaro katoa. Kāore tetahi o mātou i mōhio ka whakawhiwhia e rātou he kākahu." I toa a Snyder i te Masters e rua ngā wā anō, i te tau 1952 me te tau 1954, engari he maha ngā toa kāore i whiwhi i ngā kākahu matomato mēnā kāore i tino rerekē te rahi i waenga i ngā wikitoria. He rerekē a Snyder. I mea ia, "Nō te aha i ngaro ai taku koti matomato tuatahi, ā, mai i taua wā tonu kei te mau tonu ahau i te hāte o Bob Jones. I whiwhi ahau i tētahi mea hou i te tau 1994 nā te mea he poto ake ngā ringaringa e 4 inihi." Ahakoa me hoko e ngā mema katoa he koti matomato, kāore te toa Masters e whakawhiwhia ki tētahi koti matomato tae noa ki te otinga o ngā whiringa toa. He tikanga mā te toa e kawe te koti matomato ki te kāinga mō te tau kotahi, ā, ka mau noa i ngā whakataetae me ngā huihuinga e pā ana ki te korowha. Kāore e whakaaetia kia whakamahia ngā koti matomato mō ngā huihuinga e pā ana ki te pānuitanga arumoni. Hei tāpiri, ko ngā karapu anake ka taea te mau i ngā koti matomato.

I te tau 1961, i āwhina a Arnold Palmer, te toa Masters o te tau 1960, i tētahi kaitākaro whakamiharo ki te mau i te koti matomato i te wā kāore anō kia roa te takahi o ngā waewae o te tangata o Āwherika ki te Tonga ki te whenua. I mea te kaitākaro, "I tino harikoa ahau, i harikoa hoki ki te whiwhi i te hāte matomato. I haria e au ki Āwherika ki te Tonga, i hipokina ki tētahi uhi kirihou tino pai, ā, i whakairihia ki roto i te rūma kakahu. Ko te tikanga, kāore au i te hiahia ki te mau. I tētahi rā, i muri i te tau, i waea mai a Mr. Roberts ki ahau. I mea ia 'E Garry, ki taku whakaaro i haria e koe te koti Celebrity Race Green ki te kāinga. Kāore he tangata e whakaaetia kia mahi i tēnā.' I mea ahau, 'Āe, e Mr. Roberts, i haria e au ki te kāinga. Engari ki te hiahia koe kia whakahokia mai, me tiki e koe.' I kata māua. I mea ia, 'Tena koa, kaua e mau ki tētahi atu wāhi.' I muri i ēnei tau katoa, kei te iri tonu te paraikete matomato i roto i taku rūma kakahu. Ka kite tonu ahau i a ia i ngā wā katoa ka whakawhiti kākahu ahau."

Ko te koti matomato i mau i te toa hou o te Masters i te hui whakawhiwhinga tohu he koti rahi tika mō tētahi mema i tangohia mai i te kāpata rakau whakairo o te karapu.