South African Gary Player ended the dominance of American golfers at Augusta National with his first Masters victory in 1961; watch this year’s Masters live on Sky Sports The Masters from 2pm on Thursday
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This year’s Masters marks the 60th anniversary of Gary Player becoming the first international winner at Augusta National
This year’s Masters marks the 60th anniversary of Gary Player becoming the first international winner at Augusta National
With just one day to go until this year’s Masters, we take a look back at 1961 when Gary Player became the first overseas winner at Augusta National.
For 27 years the Masters was widely considered a closed shop, an exclusively-American stronghold with invites to overseas players limited to a select, lucky few.However, that all changed in 1961 when South African Player became the first international champion at Augusta National and he would go on to become one of the most popular visitors to the course over the next 60 years.