OT: 2016 Masters tix

[msugrad2003]

I'm wanting to take my Dad, who has never been but loves the game, to the second round on Friday. All tickets I am finding are around $1200 each. Is this the going rate? Any good suggestions are appreciated.

 

[civildawg88]

I could see that being the price for the whole weekend but not just a day

 

[Dawg1976]

I wouldn't pay it. But I'm a cheap SOB.

 

[woozman]

No, that's about right for one day. A buddy and I wanted to go last year until we researched the ticket prices. Practice rounds were around $400/day, A day pass to the tourney runs around $1200. A badge for the whole weekend will run between $7000 and $10000.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

No, that's about right for one day. A buddy and I wanted to go last year until we researched the ticket prices. Practice rounds were around $400/day, A day pass to the tourney runs around $1200. A badge for the whole weekend will run between $7000 and $10000.

Guess I better remove that from the bucket list

 

[Col. Forbin]

Go to a practice round. I went 2 years ago and you get the whole Masters experience, but its more laid back. For example you can bring a camera in, where during the tournament you can't.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

I went two years ago.

It's an incredible father-son trip. I don't follow the ticket prices enough to know, but I would think $1200 for Friday is probably to be expected.

I went on Saturday, and it was awesome. But honestly, if I was doing it again for the first time, I would STRONGLY consider going for a practice round. The first time you go (and maybe every time), the course is the star of the show. So you'll want to spend most of your time walking the course and seeing every hole, as opposed to following the players or sitting on one spot. We set up on 13, but didn't sit there until not long before leaders came through.


From what I've heard, the players will talk during the practice rounds and it's just a good, relaxing atmosphere. Plus, you can't take cameras or phones onto the grounds during the tourney. They have metal detectors. But you can during practice rounds. So I had this great bucket-list trip with my dad, and zero pictures from it. Just a suggestion.

Also take plenty of $$$ for polos, hats, etc. Concessions are cheap, but gear is not.

 

[Dawg1979]

i've been 7 years. got lucky at State and lived with a guy on the golf team from Augusta. long story, but his dad gets around 100 badges a year. anyway, that price is about the going rate per day. what really sucks is if you pay that price and then get your badge and see that $150 price tag on it that whoever you bought it from paid for the week. ha ha

i would agree with Col Forbin, go to a practice round. you get to see the whole thing, plus the players will sign autographs and cameras are ok to take in. during the tourny, if you get caught with a phone, camera, or anything electronic they kick you out, you lose your badge, and the guy that bought the badge loses it also.

if you go, check out around hole 16. you can sit in the stands and see the green of 15, tee box and green of 16, and tee shot on 17. we were actually there when tiger made his famous chip in on 16. most amazing thing i have ever witnessed. thats why i don't have kids, i know watching that shot will be more incredible that watching my kids be born. ha ha

 

[msudawg12]

go to masters.com and put your name in for the lottery.

i've been in it for 4 years and finally got to get practice round tickets for 2016.

also, the tix are just the beginning. If you want a hotel in Augusta, you have to book a year out at $400+ a night for a low end hotel with a 2 night minimum. Or stay in ATL and drive over

 

[Col. Forbin]

This is how we got our tickets. I have entered every year since they opened it up.

We stayed in ATL and it was not a bad drive at all. Takes right around 2 hours to get there.

 

[Arnold Babar.sixpack]

$1200 is about right. Our family has 2 Thurs-Sun badges and when don't use them we sell them for $3,000 - $4,500 depending on the demand for that year. Getting the tickets is the easy part, finding where to stay etc.. is the hard part. Do yourself and your dad a favor and do it. It is worth every penny and you both will remember it for the rest of your life.