It is a tradition for the last year's Masters champion to assist the new Masters champion with putting is coat. In this year, 2009, Angel Cabrera just won the tournament as the first Argentinian to ever win a PGA tour event. Trevor Immelman, the winner of the 2008 event, assists him. Trevor Immelman is South African and is only one of four South Africans to win a PGA (Professional Golf Association) tour event.

Although it seems as if foreign winners are scarce in American golf, many other nationalities have broken through the American golf barrier along with these two champions. In this decade alone, four out of the ten winners of the Masters tournament have been foreign. Vijay Singh from Fiji won in 2000. He is the first golfer from not only his country, but from the Pacific Islands to win any professional golf event around the world. Following Vijay Singh came Mike Weir from Canada in 2003, Trevor Immelman from South Africa in 2008, and Angel Cabrera from Argentina in 2009. Although it seems as if only a few foreigners have won this tournament in the past 10 years, in the first 50 years of the tournament, there was only one foreign player to win the tournament, Gary Player from South Africa in 1961 and 1974. After this span, American golf, especially The Masters tournament, exploded with foreign champions. Fifteen players from eight different countries earned the right to wear the green jacket since 1980.

The important part of this picture is that this was only the second time that two foreigners were the center of attention and all Americans were applauding in the audience. Only one time before, 2000, were two foreigners sharing the glory of wearing their green jacket in front of the crowd. Golf is diversifying and it is clear through every tournament. Young golfers are fending for themselves on the big stage of the PGA, where the biggest names of golf have played before.