Question:
I understand that there is a multi-decade wait list for Masters passes, and that most ticket holders have had privileges for many years. So whenever I watch the tournament I wonder, how do all the youngish people in the gallery get in? I hear that the tournament guards their ticket list carefully and if they hear of reselling of tickets the person is dropped from the list. I assume scalping is therefore at a minimum. Therefore I wonder how all these 20 and 30-somethings get in. Any ideas? Keith
Response:
Some Companies buy the tickets in bulk, and then give them out to anyone in the company who wants them. A few years ago I got to go because my friends company did this. brian
: I understand that there is a multi-decade wait list for Masters : passes, and that most ticket holders have had privileges for many : years. So whenever I watch the tournament I wonder, how do all the : youngish people in the gallery get in? I hear that the tournament : guards their ticket list carefully and if they hear of reselling of : tickets the person is dropped from the list. I assume scalping is : therefore at a minimum. Therefore I wonder how all these 20 and : 30-somethings get in. Any ideas? : Keith — "Some people are alive only because it is illegal to kill them".
Response:
the reason why is that the owners of the tickets do scalp them out and I have never of anyone losing their privileges by doing this. There is no way that the masters do not know that this is done and in a way they are condoning it. the masters is only for the elite who can shell out the money for these tickets thus the Joe blows of the world and the majority of the golfers will never get to witness the masters in person.
Response:
Their Parents or grandparents give them the tickets to use..many people will go in for the morning and then leave and another group will go in the afternoon..on the same ticket…
Response:
the reason why is that the owners of the tickets do scalp them out and I have never of anyone losing their privileges by doing this. There is no way that the masters do not know that this is done and in a way they are condoning it. the masters is only for the elite who can shell out the money for these tickets thus the Joe blows of the world and the majority of the golfers will never get to witness the masters in person.
If you can shoot 36 holes of golf in one day at around 10 over par, then you can pass your playing ability test to become a PGA Golf Professional. Then, if you can make it through several week-long seminars or "schools" over the course of about 2 or 3 years, you will earn your Class A PGA Membership. Anyone with a Class A PGA Membership may walk up to the Will Call booth, show their Membership card and a picture ID and walk right into the Master’s (with their spouse), all 4 days plus the practice rounds — No Charge! (Hopefully, I will be walking in the gates of Augusta National for the ‘99 Masters with my spouse — if she can finish up her last round of PGA Schools this year!) I believe there is a similar deal for Head Greenskeepers or Course Superintendents. — Barry Smith