{"id":1350313,"date":"2021-04-13T13:52:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T17:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1350313"},"modified":"2021-04-13T13:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T17:58:21","slug":"son-3-time-masters-champ-gary-player-banned-augusta-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/son-3-time-masters-champ-gary-player-banned-augusta-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Son of 3-Time Masters Champ Gary Player Has Been Banned From Augusta National"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
One of the many longstanding traditions at The Masters<\/a> is the honorary starter's ceremony that annually kicks things off at Augusta National<\/a>, a tradition that officially began in 1963. 24-time PGA Tour<\/a> winner and three-time Masters champion Gary Player<\/a> has been part of the ceremony for 10 years now and was joined on the first tee this past week by his youngest son, Wayne, who made a complete fool of himself as Augusta National was honoring Lee Elder, the first Black man to ever compete in the tournament, and has now apparently been banned from The Masters due to his actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As mentioned, The Masters has many longstanding traditions, one of which says that the winner at Augusta National can only keep his green jacket for one year following his victory, at which point it must be returned to the club. Gary Player, a native of South Africa and the tournament's first-ever international champion, was unaware of this tradition. <\/p>\n\n\n\nGary Player once made a mistake of his own following his first win at The Masters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n