A Wire to Wire win means that one team has led the entire game, from start to finish.
It means a lot to all players. Not only do they win around $1.35 million, a 5 year PGA Tour exemption, 10 year majors exemption, the famous green jacket and lifetime exemption to The Masters. But it is the prestige of the event and being mentioned in the same sentence as some of the legends of the game. Some players from the UK would rather win The Open and consider it the games' greatest championship. And players from the US would rather win the US Open as it is their national championship.
2001 was his second Masters title.
No. iPods can win MP3 players but MP3 players cannot win iPods.
Obviously the Majors are the most prestigious events that a player can win. They are The US Masters, The US Open, The Open and The USPGA Championship, outside of that it could be The Players Championship, considered the 5TH major.
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Green jacket
Yes, this was added to the exemptions gained with a PGA Tour win, they do get a Masters invite.
No, Ernie Els has not won the Masters.
If you win the Masters you get a lifetime invitation. It used to be you could play well past the date that you could play competitively, but recently they've leaned on some older players to not do that. The oldest winners get the honor of teeing off first, but they pick up after their drives and don't try to play the whole round.
1997.
Only five players (Ralph Guldahl in 1939, Sam Snead in 1949, Art Wall in 1959, Sandy Lyle in 1988 and Phil Mickelson in 2006) have won the Masters after winning the week before.