Anyone have the inside track or tips on how to get Masters tickets?

[wgl1228]

It seems pretty much impossible unless you have $2000 to spare and that's for just you and a buddy for 1 day of golf. Any tips on how to get some for a respectable price? I know the Masters has allotted a very small number that you can register for in a drawing but I've been denied every time.

[rthomas]

1. You could be asked to be a member of Augusta National.

2. You could qualify by winning a PGA tournament.

[hurleyfor3]

Um, The Masters was a couple weeks ago.

Anyway, ANGC now conducts an open lottery for a few tickets (pretty sure they're for single days and not badges) every year. The 2014 lottery hasn't opened yet and I'm sure they get oversubscribed by 1000x or so, but as Jim Carry's character in Dumb and Dumber said, at least it's a chance.

From what I've heard on the secondary market, you have to pay a separate deposit for the badge, which in theory you get back when you return the badge. Usually it's on the order of a few hundred. The badges themselves are collectible and have value, and this protects the seller somewhat from getting their pass revoked.

I would consider three avenues:

1. Develop professional contacts with people who have event tickets you covet (has worked within my family for other high-profile events)
2. Marry someone in the business (worked with my sister, although it wasn't Masters tickets)
3. Wait for the next recession, when free-market prices for these kind of things inevitably drop (usually my approach... will the next recession plz hurry up and get here?)

[hurleyfor3]

I thought of another way. Move to Augusta and get a job with one of ANGC's suppliers or be hired as temp help. You'll have to work duing the tournament, but at least you'll get on the grounds, probably will see some play and might get to know the right person. In fact this happened to Larry Mize. As a kid he worked a leaderboard on the front nine, which meant he ended work early and got to see a lot of the course in addition to his favorable vantage point while working.

[BD80]

Win an Olympic medal in skiing or win a major tournament in tennis and date one of the world's top 5 golfers.

[SoCalDukeFan]

and a member of the PGA of America.

SoCal

[hurleyfor3]

and a member of the PGA of America.

SoCal

If you mean a head club pro, even at a decent private club, does that actually work? The club pros I've known don't automatically get Masters tickets and I'm not sure the head pro at a place like Oakmont even does. The PGA of America has been separate from the PGA Tour for some time. I think it's easier for a club pro to play in the PGA Championship than to get on the patron list at ANGC.

[OldPhiKap]

I would highly recommend putting your name in for practice rounds. You see the course and players, you can bring a camera, much more relaxed. Wednesday also includes the Par 3 contest on a separate nine-hole course on the grounds.

[Duvall]

Get a time machine, go back to just about any year before 1997 and hit up longtime Augusta residents until you find one willing to give away a spare badge.

[throatybeard]

Tear up your knee, get bored during your rehab, and start mating with Tiger Woods, even though that's the worst idea any woman has ever had in the history of the world.

[BD80]

Tear up your knee, get bored during your rehab, and start mating with Tiger Woods, even though that's the worst idea any woman has ever had in the history of the world.

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[throatybeard]

I basically lose any respect I ever had for people who hold Tiger Woods in high esteem. But I really admire women...so I generally think more of women than I do of men. Vonn...I can't even characterize her situation. After this guys sexes more than twenty porn stars...

Why are we even talking about this horrible person. He hasn't even won a major in five years.

[Duvall]

Why are we even talking about this horrible person.

We?




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[Channing]

I basically lose any respect I ever had for people who hold Tiger Woods in high esteem. But I really admire women...so I generally think more of women than I do of men. Vonn...I can't even characterize her situation. After this guys sexes more than twenty porn stars...

Why are we even talking about this horrible person. He hasn't even won a major in five years.

...because he is the number 1 ranked player in the world? I assume you have a similar disdain for Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Wilt Chamberlain, (and of a more recent generation) Evander Holyfield, Patrick Ewing, and any host of other professional athletes or actors that have "slept around".

I don't condone his unfaithful behavior in the slightest, but I can appreciate his greatness on the golf course without condoning his personal habits.

[JasonEvans]

The likelihood that any thread on golf devolves into a discussion of the morality of Tiger Woods is somewhat similar to the likelihood that any thread on basketball devolves into a discussion of Duke vs. UNC (or maybe Kentucky). Sigh.

-Jason "as for the poster's question -- your best bet is to have a friend with tickets. Living in Atlanta, I know several people who get tickets annually" Evans

[rsvman]

The likelihood that any thread on golf devolves into a discussion of the morality of Tiger Woods is somewhat similar to the likelihood that any thread on basketball devolves into a discussion of Duke vs. UNC (or maybe Kentucky). Sigh.

Or that any discussion on the internet soon devolves into somebody mentioning Hitler (Godwin's law, which I have now fulfilled [you can thank me later]).

We need a name for this phenomenon. Maybe call it "Uchitel's law" after the cocktail waitress that was the first anybody had heard of Tiger's indiscretions?