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Golf's History Of Horrible Fashion Prizes
Apr 14, 2008 | 6:04PM | report this

Trevor Immelman sealed a Masters victory on Sunday by holding off Tiger Woods on the final day of the most prestigious major. In the end he ended up finishing 3 strokes ahead of Woods and getting the famous green jacket placed upon him. Many wonder why such an ugly piece of clothing is awarded to the winner of the most famous tournament. But golf is filled with strange fashion awards at their various events, and it is a tradition as old as the sport itself. Here are just a few that are a bit stranger than the green blazer:





  • The World's Greatest Grandpa t-shirt is awarded to the winner of the Montana Open. Far from a major, the tournament anually has trouble filling a 12-man field. The long-standing tradition of the WGG t-shirt dates way back to the year of 1997 when tournament organizers realized they needed a prize for their winner who hit a course record 102, and found this in a nearby giftshop. Since then one person gets given the shirt annually, and it is commonly found in a trashcan later by a fan.



  • The Bay Hill Invitational Bonnet is a piece given out honoring the traditions of crossdressers in colonial America. After winning the hat twice in a row twice, Vijay Singh claimed it was merely an award to make him look ridiculous, but tournament organizers insist that is not the case. Indeed, since then every winner has had to put on the bonnet and churn the ceremonial butter while performing the Village People's hit song "In The Navy".








  • The powdered wig awarded to the champion of the British Open was thought to be one of the nicest prizes in golf. That was until John Daly's lit on fire back in 2004 while he was smoking with it on. Apparently the powder is highly flammable, and the wig hasn't been given out since.
















  • But perhaps the most embarassing, literally, fashion award in all of golf are The Player's Championship ####-Less Chaps. Tiger Woods is the frequent winner of the spandex pants, and luckily for the viewing public he is one of the few golfers who works out.











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Apr 15, 2008
6:22 AM
The crappy photoshop work was by far the most complicated thing I've ever done on here. Enjoy.

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