Augusta - how much would you pay?

[SteveW86]

I’m sure we all have our limits on green fees, which is perfectly fine. I think I read somewhere that the visitors green fee is $40, but how much would you pay if given the opportunity to play Augusta?

Comparing it against the well known courses which charge hundreds, is it worth more than those?

 

[BubbaP]

I think this may split into 2 camps.

Those that think it is an over hyped average course with tricked up greens

And those that would pay big for the chance to walk where we've watched drama on TV

 

[Papas1982]

I’m sure we all have our limits on green fees, which is perfectly fine. I think I read somewhere that the visitors green fee is $40, but how much would you pay if given the opportunity to play Augusta?

Comparing it against the well known courses which charge hundreds, is it worth more than those?

With all the stands and holes set up so i could recognise it. I'd go £1k (which i'm sure won't win) if it were a charity auction.
As a stand alone green fee, couple of hundred dollars maybe. From what i've seen of it, without the crowds and stands. It appears quite bland.

 

[User20205]

I’d love to play it. I’d pay a couple quid, but realistically that’s getting me no where near it.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

I’m sure we all have our limits on green fees, which is perfectly fine. I think I read somewhere that the visitors green fee is $40, but how much would you pay if given the opportunity to play Augusta?

Comparing it against the well known courses which charge hundreds, is it worth more than those?

I don’t think they have a guest fee as such.

I did play once with a customer of ours that had played it as a guest 7 times.

You are invited by the member and you stay overnight in the cabins. The invite comes either as letter sent to your home or an email from Augusta National.

Food and the stay are added to the members account.

He reckons it’s way over $1000 per time he has been. I don’t know if he paid it but he was wealthy enough to be a member at 5 top courses in the states.

He also interesting enough didn’t rate the course. He rated the experience and says the clubhouse and trophy room are something else.

 

[User20204]

He also interesting enough didn’t rate the course.

Apparently it's just a massive wide open expanse of land.

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Elitist club that happens to host a pro golf comp.

No interest whatsover, it represents everything thats bad about our game.

 

[Crow]

I can't see the point in playing it unless it was set up as would be for The Masters, in which case it would beat me to death and I wouldn't enjoy it. So I don't want to play it.

(In any event I'm in the camp that thinks The Masters is an over-hyped average competition with ridiculous greens.)

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

He also interesting enough didn’t rate the course. He rated the experience and says the clubhouse and trophy room are something else.

I once got paired up with a guy in Spain who worked for Accushnet (Titleist parent company) and he got invited by his CEO. He said the same, awesome experience but he didn't rate it amongst the best courses he'd played.
Personally I'd love to play it, even if just to walk in the footsteps of legends.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Not as much as I'd pay to pay Cypress Point or Pine Valley.

If by some chance I got invited I'd take it up in a heartbeat, but if I'm paying out of my pocket there are others I'd pay far more for.

 

[Neilds]

10th - World famous sweeping downhill par 4

11th - World famous left to right tee shot, right to left approach with a view all down the fairway of arguably the most famous par 3 in the world...

12th - Arguably the most famous par 3 in the world, and a brilliantly playable hole for anyone at 150 odd yards...

13th - One of the most iconic, famous short par 5s in the world...

15th - As above but a bit longer.

16th - Another iconic, world famous very playable par 3, home to possibly the greatest chip shot ever televised.

18th - Broken record... Yet another iconic hole, fade it off the bunkers and try and hit the green at the top of the hill.

Yes, I'd definitely pay the 40 Dollars.

Think most people would think of the 17th at Sawgrass

 

[Papas1982]

Think most people would think of the 17th at Sawgrass

I thought that at first, maybe a slight caveat that saw grass would be more famous to people who play golf, but occasional viewers will likely have seen Augusta on the tv more often than sawgrass.

 

[USER1999]

Zip. It's a potato field, much like The Belfry.

 

[howbow88]

The internet is full of people who like slating popular things

I honestly think I would probably pay £1k, which is ridiculous but I doubt I would regret it on my death bed.

 

[USER1999]

genuinely don't see the attraction. Pinehurst no.2 count me in, Pebble, Spyglass also. Some of the desert ones, heck I even like the WGC matchplay course in Austin, but Augusta has always left me cold. Without the stands, the crowds, it just is hacking it round in a field.

 

[Cherry13]

I think it’s one of the few courses (if not only) where I’d pay more to see the pros play it, than I’d pay for myself to play it.

 

[User20205]

genuinely don't see the attraction. Pinehurst no.2 count me in, Pebble, Spyglass also. Some of the desert ones, heck I even like the WGC matchplay course in Austin, but Augusta has always left me cold. Without the stands, the crowds, it just is hacking it round in a field.

If it’s a choice, can I go to spyglass aswell? ?

 

[howbow88]

genuinely don't see the attraction. Pinehurst no.2 count me in, Pebble, Spyglass also. Some of the desert ones, heck I even like the WGC matchplay course in Austin, but Augusta has always left me cold. Without the stands, the crowds, it just is hacking it round in a field.

Really? There are things I'm not keen on, but can understand the attraction to some people. How can any golfer not understand why people would want to play there?

 

[User20204]

Slightly off topic. Pádraig Harrington was live on Instagram today with Elidh Barbour today and said that Augusta have date on everything there.

Said they can move a hole 3 feet right and would add x to the scoring, move a tee box 8 feet and it would effect scoring. Also said if they wanted us to shoot 65 all day long they could but could also set up so no one would break par.

Fascinating stuff.

 

[howbow88]

Harrington is a very good talker and I enjoy listening to him, but I wouldn't take everything he says as legitimate.