Signed undated Masters flag by Byron Nelson, Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead, three honorary starters at the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. It was five years before anyone took over the tradition, and when that happened it was Gene Sarazen and Byron Nelson in 1981. Sam Snead joined them in 1984, and the last time all three of them performed the tradition together was 1999 (Sarazen died several weeks after his final ceremonial drive).Combined, this trio won The Masters six times: Sarazen in 1935, Nelson in 1937 and 1942, and Snead in 1949, 1952 and 1954. After Sarazen's death, Nelson and Snead continued together through 2001. Nelson's health (he was 79 at the time) caused him to withdraw after that, and Snead continued alone one more year, through 2002.