He sees the Green Jacket, which hangs in "its own little spot" in the closet of his Orlando home, several times a day. But Trevor Immelman says he still has to pinch himself.
Not because it's a fashion faux pas, though.
Ten days ago, Immelman joined his idol Gary Player as the second of the only South Africans to have won the Masters Tournament. As he returns to work this week at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, Immelman is trying to come down from cloud nine. It won't be easy.
"It's just such an incredible feeling to know that I've won that tournament," the modest 28-year-old said Wednesday afternoon from Irving, Texas, during a national teleconference. "That's something that can never be taken away from me."
Immelman's three-stroke victory over Tiger Woods at Augusta National was the start of a whirlwind 48 hours that found him and his wife Carminita jetting to New York City for the first time. In between radio and newspaper interviews, he appeared on 11 different TV news and entertainment shows, including "The Late Show with David Letterman" -- where he read the infamous Top-10 List -- and "Live with Regis and Kelly."
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