{"id":525819,"date":"2026-04-11T21:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/525819\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T21:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:33:10","slug":"if-rory-mcilroy-repeats-as-masters-champion-the-green-jacket-ceremony-will-have-a-surprise-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/525819\/","title":{"rendered":"If Rory McIlroy Repeats as Masters Champion, the Green Jacket Ceremony Will Have a Surprise Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">AUGUSTA \u2014 The 90th Masters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/masters\/fact-or-fiction-rory-mcilroy-leads-masters-six-shots-it-is-over\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is not over entering the weekend<\/a>, but it feels like a fair question because Rory McIlroy leads by a record six shots.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"77\">There are several chasers with major championships to their names including Justin Rose, Shane Lowry and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/masters\/rory-mcilroy-could-accomplish-two-favorite-things-win-green-jacket-beat-patrick-reed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7a\">But McIlroy, the defending champion, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/masters\/masters-round-3-tee-times-saturday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tee off Saturday afternoon<\/a> as a massive favorite, which has some already thinking about Sunday evening and one of the great Masters traditions: the donning of the green jacket.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7g\">The previous year\u2019s champion puts the green jacket on the new winner, but who handles the honors for a repeat Masters champ?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\">That would be the chairman of the Masters and Augusta National Golf Club, who right now is Fred Ridley.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7m\">There have been three previous back-to-back winners at the Masters: Jack Nicklaus in 1965 and 1966, Nick Faldo in 1989 and 1990, and Tiger Woods in 2001 and 2002. In the case of their second wins, Augusta\u2019s chairman handled green jacket duties. For Nicklaus in 1966 it was Clifford Roberts, who co-founded Augusta National with Bobby Jones. Hord Hardin handled Faldo\u2019s ceremony in 1990. For Woods in 2002, chairman Hootie Johnson did the honors.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7p\">And come Sunday night, Fred Ridley may take his turn in the spotlight, performing this special chairman\u2019s role for the fourth time history.<\/p>\n<p>More Masters Coverage from Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUGUSTA \u2014 The 90th Masters is not over entering the weekend, but it feels like a fair question&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-525819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}