Palmer: Murume akaunza kumba top yegirini kubva mumutambo weMasters

Hazvisi nyore kuwana chimwe chinhu chine chiratidzo pamadziro. Asi top yegirini inopiwa kumunhu anohwina Masters haisi kungori chipfeko chakareruka; inoratidza kuti Masters ndiyo tour yegorofu, chipfeko chinozivikanwa zvikuru mumutambo wegorofu, uye mumitambo yese. Pamhemberero yemubairo, anohwina anobatsirwa kupfeka top yegirini neakambohwina pamberi pevanhu vanoonga uye mazana emakamera anopenya. Kunyangwe vateveri vakareruka vanoziva kuti shasha yega yega yeMasters haingohwini imwe yerwendo rwegorofu rune mukurumbira pasi rose, asiwo top yegirini. Mutambo weMasters uri paAugusta National kirabhu yegorofuRuvara rwegirini rwepamusoro rwuri pamusoro pemugwagwa, uye rwunoratidza kugona, kubudirira, tsika uye kukunda kunouya nekutamba panhandare iyi yegorofu ine mukurumbira.

Gary Player, akahwina Masters Champion katatu, akati, "Kunzwa uku hakuenzaniswi. Top yegirini hairevi kungohwina Masters chete, inomiririra vanhu vakaita saBob Jones nemabasa ake mumutambo wegorofu. Inomiririrawo Clifford Roberts, uyo akapa moyo wake nemweya wake kuna Augusta National neMasters. Inomiririra rwendo rwegorofu rukuru, nhandare yegorofu yakakura kwazvo pasi rose, vanhu vakuru uye kubudirira kukuru. Top yegirini yeMasters inoratidza kukwana kwegorofu." Snyder anofamba kuenda kuAugusta gore rega rega. Akati, "Paunoenda kuChampions Dinner wotarisa-tarisa munhu wese akapfeka top yegirini, unonzwa sekunge uri pakati pevanhu vakakurumbira pasi rose."

Muzvinyorwa zvavo, VaRoberts vanowanzotaura nezve top yegirini se "tunic" kwete "top". Asi chero zita ripi zvaro, ihembe yeMasters ine mutsetse mumwe chete, ine mabhatani matatu, yakagadzirwa nerayon yakagadzirwa nemusanganiswa wemayadhi matatu emvere dzemakwai neshinda dzekugadzira, uye inochengetwa muwadhiropu yehuni yakagadzirwa neshinda dzakagadzirwa neshinda dzemhando yepamusoro muimba yekirabhu. Mumakore makumi mashanu apfuura, vagadziri vana vakasiyana vakagadzira top yegirini, asi yakaramba iine zvinhu zvayo zvakasiyana: ruvara rwegirini, mabhatani ebhuranzi, uye logo yeAugusta National Golf Club yakashongedzwa muhomwe yechipfuva yekuruboshwe. Mumakore apfuura, malogo maviri aimiririra Augusta National, asi rimwe chete ndiro rakaonekwa pamusoro wegirini: denderedzwa rakatenderedza mufananidzo weUS, rine danda remureza neburi riri panzvimbo yeAugusta National.

Asi matipi egirinhi akatanga ari madiki. Muna 1937, matipi ekutanga egirinhi aipfekwa nenhengo dzeMasters Tournament Club kuitira kuti zvive nyore kuti vatengi vawane nhengo. Pakutanga, dzimwe nhengo dzaisafarira kupfeka girinhi rakajeka kudaro, asi dzakazojaira gare gare. Hapana anogona kuyeuka kuti ndiani akatanga kuuya nepfungwa yekupa vakundi veMasters matipi egirinhi uye nhengo dzekuremekedza kuAugusta National Golf Club. Asi muna 1949 Sam Snead akava mutambi wekutanga kukudzwa kudaro, achikunda mukombe uyu nekurova katatu pamusoro paJohnny Bulla naLloyd Mangrum. Sam Snyder anoyeuka kuti, "Vatambi vese vakashamisika. Hapana mumwe wedu aiziva kuti vaizopa mubairo wepamusoro." Snyder akaenderera mberi nekukunda Masters kaviri, muna 1952 na1954, asi vakundi vakawanda havana kuzowana matipi egirinhi kunze kwekunge saizi yavo yachinja zvakanyanya pakati pekukunda. Snyder aive akasiyana. Akati, "Neimwe nzira hembe yangu yekutanga yegirini yakarasikirwa uye ndanga ndichipfeka hembe yaBob Jones kubvira ipapo. Ndakawana imwe itsva muna 1994 nekuti maoko ake akanga akapfupika nemasendimita mana." Kunyange hazvo nhengo dzese dzichifanira kutenga hembe dzegirini, shasha yeMasters haipiwi hembe yegirini kusvika yapedza mitambo yekupedzisira. Zvinowanzoitika kuti anokunda atore hembe yegirini aende nayo kumba kwegore rose oipfeka chete pamitambo yegorofu nemisangano. hembe dzegirini hadzitenderwe kushandiswa pazviitiko zvine chekuita nekushambadzira kwebhizinesi. Pamusoro pezvo, hembe dzegirini dzinongogona kupfekwa chete kumakirabhu.

Muna 1961, Arnold Palmer, shasha yeMasters ye1960, akabatsira mutambi anoshamisa kupfeka jira regirini apo tsoka dzemuSouth Africa dzakanga dzisati dzambotsika pasi kwenguva refu. Mutambi wacho akati, "Ndakafara zvikuru uye ndakafara kuwana jira regirini. Ndakaridzosera kuSouth Africa, ndikarifukidza nepurasitiki yakanaka kwazvo ndikarirongedzera muwadhiropu. Ehe, ndaisazoripfeka. Rimwe zuva, gore rimwe chete gare gare, ndakafonerwa naVaRoberts. Vakati 'Garry, ndinofunga kuti wakatora jira reCelebrity Race Green kumba. Hapana anotenderwa kuita izvozvo.' Ndakati, 'Hongu, VaRoberts, ndakaritora kumba. Asi kana uchida kuti ridzoserwe, uchafanira kuritora wega.' Tose takaseka. Akati, 'Ndapota, ndapota musaripfeka kune imwe nzvimbo.' Makore ese aya gare gare, jira regirini richiri muwadhiropu yangu. Ndinogara ndichiriona pese pandinochinja mbatya.'

Chipfeko chegirini chakapfekwa neshasha itsva yeMasters pamhemberero yemubairo chaive chipfeko chenhengo chakakura zvakanaka chakatorwa kubva muwadhiropu yekirabhu yakagadzirwa nematanda akapendwa.