Two-time Colonial winner Zach Johnson praises the plaid jacket

Zach Johnson is a 12-time winner on the PGA Tour, including two majors, but most of his prize-winning jacket collection – commemorative blazers awarded by events like the Dean & DeLuca Invitational – comes from Colonial Country Club.

“I think the three, I think,” said Johnson, adding up two Colonial plaid jackets (2010 and 2012) and the Masters’ green (2007). “I don’t think there are any other tournaments that I’ve won that. I mean, Harbour Town. I have not won there. I want to say it has a jacket, too, doesn’t it?”

He’s right, and it’s also a red-plaid pattern. “They stay here,” Johnson said of his Colonial jackets.

What Johnson has departed from Colonial with is prize money. He’s No. 1 all-time, with $3,495,686 pocketed over 11 appearances.

“I love this facility. I love this membership,” he said. “I know it’s presented by Dean & Deluca, which has been terrific, but there are only so many tournaments where the membership takes ownership in the tournament. This is one of them.”

Johnson counted Augusta National, Muirfield Village where Jack Nicklaus hosts the Memorial, and Bay Hill as country clubs willing to work.

“But they are few and far between where the actual membership entity takes a lot of pride and puts a lot of time and effort into their event,” he said.

This story was originally published May 24, 2017 at 4:59 PM with the headline "Two-time Colonial winner Zach Johnson praises the plaid jacket."