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10 hours ago, Party_Taco said:

So those of you who have been, how are you predominantly getting tickets? Mostly a corporate affair or are y’all hitting the lottery?

We’ve always gone via the lottery. I got my name pulled for 2018 & 2024. One of the guys I went with had an employee win and sell him the tickets for 2020 (those tickets ended up being used for 2022). And this year same guy had a friend that won but couldn’t use them. 

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8 hours ago, Party_Taco said:


What are we talking, ballpark?

We’ve had to buy a 5th ticket off stubhub 3 times. In 2022 a Monday ticket was ~$900. In 2024 a Wednesday ticket and in 2025 a Tuesday ticket were both around $1,500. Depending on when you buy that can be anywhere from 1k to 2k+. Add another 30% or so for stubhub fees. 

There is a pretty significant fluctuation in prices from July to April. Cheapest times seem to be in the few weeks after they draw the winners. For that first month or so if you check daily you can find some cheap as people that just want to move them fast will way undercut the market. Another slight dip in late fall. Prices typically rise slightly from new years until the week before the tournament. A week out the prices will be highly weather dependent. If there is a day that looks like a rain out the days around it will double+.

This past year immediately after uga got knocked out of the playoffs there was a quick $~500 jump in prices after uga fans moved their national championship funds to masters tickets. 

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^^^
Buying early entails some risk as the Masters doesn’t do digital ticketing so the transaction doesn’t complete until the physical pass is delivered, which isn’t available until a couple of weeks before the event. 

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7 hours ago, heso said:

We’ve always gone via the lottery. I got my name pulled for 2018 & 2024. One of the guys I went with had an employee win and sell him the tickets for 2020 (those tickets ended up being used for 2022). And this year same guy had a friend that won but couldn’t use them. 

Damn - I need a friend, who can't use them, to win; or the friend of a friend. Because the lottery is my annual disappointment unlike any other.

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Damn - I need a friend, who can't use them, to win; or the friend of a friend. Because the lottery is my annual disappointment unlike any other.

Just bite the bullet early after the lotto and go secondary. I have bought them twice for $1000. But when I played there I heard it was about $35 for my round. ;)
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On 4/15/2025 at 7:32 PM, Party_Taco said:

So those of you who have been, how are you predominantly getting tickets? Mostly a corporate affair or are y’all hitting the lottery?

 

went on vendors tickets 

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So.... What did he say that was wrong?

Mud balls suck. And it's taboo to criticize anything about Augusta as a golfer.  Both correct. He's expressing frustration, which he has done in the public eye literally his entire career. None of this is shocking. It is who he is and has been his entire career, majors or not. 

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5 hours ago, dieucla98 said:

So.... What did he say that was wrong?

Mud balls suck. And it's taboo to criticize anything about Augusta as a golfer.  Both correct. He's expressing frustration, which he has done in the public eye literally his entire career. None of this is shocking. It is who he is and has been his entire career, majors or not. 

He's bitching about the course instead of taking accountability for his game. 

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6 hours ago, dieucla98 said:

So.... What did he say that was wrong?

Mud balls suck. And it's taboo to criticize anything about Augusta as a golfer.  Both correct. He's expressing frustration, which he has done in the public eye literally his entire career. None of this is shocking. It is who he is and has been his entire career, majors or not. 

Imagine instead, if Rory had lost the playoff then complained about mud on his ball on 13, what the reaction would be.

These dudes are already some of the most pampered athletes on the planet--flying around on private jets to the best courses around the world, every technological advancement available to them--and he's publicly complaining that conditions and the course, the most famously well taken care of one on earth, were only 97% perfect, not 100%. Would it be better if they were allowed to pull a new Titleist right from the box for every shot? Golf isn't played in a vacuum; the elements are part of it. Guys who play in the morning sometimes get a different golf course than those in the afternoon. It is what it is.

I get it: with these guys' swing velocities and required accuracy, a little mud or morning dew on a ball can make a big difference. Too bad. Sometimes you hit a 350 yard drive right down the middle, and it lands in a divot. That's golf.

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I don’t think he’s complaining that mud balls happen or that they don’t get lift clean place, but rather that they simply are a significant factor on 11 and 13 yet they’re not supposed to talk about it.

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5 hours ago, aggie08 said:

Imagine instead, if Rory had lost the playoff then complained about mud on his ball on 13, what the reaction would be.

These dudes are already some of the most pampered athletes on the planet--flying around on private jets to the best courses around the world, every technological advancement available to them--and he's publicly complaining that conditions and the course, the most famously well taken care of one on earth, were only 97% perfect, not 100%. Would it be better if they were allowed to pull a new Titleist right from the box for every shot? Golf isn't played in a vacuum; the elements are part of it. Guys who play in the morning sometimes get a different golf course than those in the afternoon. It is what it is.

I get it: with these guys' swing velocities and required accuracy, a little mud or morning dew on a ball can make a big difference. Too bad. Sometimes you hit a 350 yard drive right down the middle, and it lands in a divot. That's golf.

Mud makes a HUGE difference. Even for amateurs. But that's not the point - he was frustrated he got two mud balls that tend to happen on two holes and he was voicing his frustration. End of story. I get it's fashionable to rag on his antics but this is a nothing burger. 

Let's not forget Rory stormed off after blowing the US open and most hailed that as being honest and human. And for the record, I don't really give two shits about that either. 

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2 hours ago, Lurch said:

I don’t think he’s complaining that mud balls happen or that they don’t get lift clean place, but rather that they simply are a significant factor on 11 and 13 yet they’re not supposed to talk about it.

I think he's complaining. What he's complaining about isn't really the point. 

20 minutes ago, dieucla98 said:

Let's not forget Rory stormed off after blowing the US open and most hailed that as being honest and human.

Rory just won the Players and the Masters. If Spieth was coming off a major win last season I wouldn't think twice about what he said there.

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