You win an Augusta Green Jacket which is kept by the winner for a year but then returned to Augusta for the owner to wear whenever they visit the club, usually for future masters tournaments they attend. You also receive a large silver trophy replica of the Augusta National Clubhouse. You may also win a crystal vase along the way for scoring a hole-in-one or albatross or a pair of crystal goblets for each eagle you receive.
In terms of money this changes depending on the size of the purse. In 2012 Bubba Watson won $1,440,000 (approx £920,000). But you would recieve alot of sponshorship bonuses as well.
In 2013 Masters Golf Tournament, Adam Scott got the prize money of $1,440,000. Each winner also received:
The winner of the US golf open in 2012 was Webb Simpson. In addition to the 1.4 million us dollar first prize money, the player is automatically invited to the other majors (the masters, the British Open, and the PGA Championship) for the next five years. The winner is also exempt from qualifying for the open for the next ten years. If the winner wasnt a member of the PGA tour, he has the option to join within 60 days of winning or prior to the start of any of the next five seasons.
Rafael Nadal won the US Open for men's singles.
Nickname for every Major tournament. The title 'Grand Slam' in tennis once meant winning all 4 major tennis tournaments in one calender year. The four majors are The Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and The US Open. This has now been changed to holding all 4 titles at once, regardless of the order of winning them.
328 at the 1918 us open
he is now 4thh
Winning the Davis Cup for Australia, winning the US Open and Wimbledon and finalist at Aus Open, being world number 1 for more than 2 years straight and winning numerous ATP titles.
By eating his Racquet
They are named majors or grand slams because they are the most prestigious and important tournaments that are held. Although, an actual grand slam can also refer to winning all four consecutively.
pete sampras
2000 total points for a winning the tournament but players have to defend the points they won last year to accumulate additional poiints. See: http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1830.asp
It doesn't have a name. There is a thing called the grand slam which is winning Wimbledon, French open, Australian open and the US open in a single year.
Pete Sampras
41 matches on all courts from the US Open in 2006 to ATP Masters event in Dubai in 2007. Federer also has a number of other similar records, such as the longet winning streak on grass (65) and on hard courts (56).