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11 additional uses for a rarely worn Masters green jacket

Published Mar. 16, 2015 3:00 p.m. ET

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Winning The Masters is a crowning achievement in the career of any professional golfer, and as a bonus it also comes with a distinctive article of clothing.

The green jacket is iconic, prestigious, exclusive -- yet it is not exactly ... how should we phrase it ... fashion-forward.

The jacket is allowed to leave the premises of Augusta National, but only with the current champion, and only during the first year of the player's win -- which is fortunate, because the only place a champion at Augusta could wear that thing in public and feel comfortable doing so is among other champions at Augusta.

Well, ALMOST the only place. Here are a few other options for Masters winners looking to get more than just the occasional use out of their bold blazers.

1) ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTIES

Spectators during the 2014 St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City

Obvious, right? These are gatherings where everyone else is wearing green, and also probably too wrapped up in their Irish spirit to even notice a Masters champion in their midst.

2) NOTRE DAME MASCOT AUDITIONS

The mascot of the Fighting Irish performs during a stop in play against Duke in South Bend, Indiana, in January 2014.

It ain't as easy as it may seem to land this gig, and you've obviously gotta be OK with cheering for the Fighting Irish. But whatever you do, try to avoid mishaps like this one below. It's a sure way to draw attention to yourself:

3) ATTEND A BOSTON CELTICS GAME -- ANY GAME

You'll blend in among a sea of green fans ... unless of course you choose to do what this guy did. No blending in here:

4) HIT THE FASHION WEEK RUNWAYS

Models walk the runways at various Fashion Week shows

It's a good excuse to visit Milan. Or Paris. Or New York. And you'll be just as stylish as any of the guys above.

5) MAKE FRIENDS WITH INFOMERCIAL LEGEND MATTHEW LESKO

Who's gonna pay attention to you, when your best friend is a guy in a Riddler suit?

6) GO AS THE RIDDLER FOR HALLOWEEN

Cosplayers dressed as Batman characters attend an L.A. expo in November.

While we're on the subject, you could spray-paint a bunch of question marks on your jacket and fit right in. It may also help if you learn this song ... and the answers to the riddles in it:

7) OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY

Santa Claus appears at a lighting ceremony in Tokyo in 2006.

Everyone else will be wearing green and/or red. In some cases, you might even get to play Santa himself. And if you happen to work for (or cheer for) a pro sports team, even better. You'll be in good company when players and fans -- like the ones below -- choose to celebrate on Dec. 25:

From left: Shawn Marion of the Cleveland Cavaliers celebrates Christmas Day with a snowman sweater; a Seattle Seahawks fan dresses in a green santa beard; Spencer Hawes of the Los Angeles Clippers shows his Christmas spirit.

8) GET INTO STOCK TRADING

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, back in 2003.

You'll be confined mainly to open outcries in the trading pit, and you may not have a job for too much longer as electronic trading gains ground. But in this environment, a jacket screams authority. And you get to scream, too.

9) TRY OUT BULLFIGHTING

Matador Javier Conde during the Malagueta bullring in Malaga, Spain, in 2012

A bit dangerous, but you're dressed in green, not red, remember?

10) MAKE FRIENDS WITH KERMIT

Actor David Arquette shakes hands with Kermit the Frog after the world-famous puppet received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002.

It ain't easy being green, but you can help the world's most amiable amphibian feel a little less lonely. Same for David Arquette, too.

11) WREAK HAVOC ON GREEN SCREENS

David Lynn of England 'planks' in front of a television green screen ahead of the BMW PGA Championship in 2013.

In a photo like the one above, you'd appear as merely a disembodied head, with hands and legs. Creepy. And if Tiger Woods had worn his green jacket for the EA Sports simulation below, we'd have no way of analyzing his swing because it would basically be invisible. Weird: