Masters accesibility

[A1ex]

It's a good thing tickets are hard to come by, it weeds out the normal idiotic American crowds.

Couldn't think of anything worse than hearing shouts after every single shot. The galleries at The Masters are by far the best in America. If they made the ticketing process easier for everyone, you'd end up not with more European support there, you'd end up with a vocal type of ignorant American fan bellowing USA USA USA and MASHED POTATOE.[/QUOTE


POTATOE/potato TOMATOE/tomato.

The "get in the hole" merchants were still out in force, but look at the different reactions to the good shots from Bubba to Oosthuizen, very partisan American crowd IMHO.

You'll always get a few of them but generally compared to other PGA Tour events, the crowd at Augusta are pretty good.

Obviously they favoured Bubba to Louis, although I think the same would happen at Royal Lytham if Donald or Westwood were taking on say, Keegan Bradley in Play Off.

 

[Liverbirdie]

You'll always get a few of them but generally compared to other PGA Tour events, the crowd at Augusta are pretty good.

Obviously they favoured Bubba to Louis, although I think the same would happen at Royal Lytham if Donald or Westwood were taking on say, Keegan Bradley in Play Off.

Yes your probably right on it being better behaviour.

I also don't have a problem with Americans supporting Americans, but I feel that others should also be allowed to attend.

I love the masters/Augusta, but it has some major faults, that smack again of elitism and exclusion.

1. An invitaional field.
2. An invitaional crowd (by and large).
3. Until Tiger won, I think they had no black members.
4. I am led to believe that they have no women members, I would then doubt that they have junior members. Do they have any members that are not millionaires, I dont know. The whole place is a bastion for a lot that is trying to get weeded out of the game.

There may be others.

I think I need a chill pill.

 

[A1ex]

No women members is probably a big reason the course is in such good nick......puts fishing rod away :rofl:

On a serious note, I think these exclusive clubs are good for the game in way. Part of its history and even if I've got a minimal chance of playing there, it doesn't really bother me. Just a fact that certain things are only available to those with big money or contacts.

If anyone could just roll up at Augusta and play it would detract from the place and no doubt have a negative effect on the course.

That said if you ever manage to get a fourball there gimme a shout :thup:

 

[Liverbirdie]

Tick, tock Griffgolf - any luck this year?

 

[Birchy]

Tick, tock Griffgolf - any luck this year?

Like a dog with a bone

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

The main point keeps getting missed, the vast,vast majority of tickets are only available to Americans.

The main point is....once you become a 'patron' you are on the ticket list for life....you can then pass your allocation on to your kids in your will.

And I agree with your original point, I also think it is a highly unfair system. I also think the the Masters is a fantastic tournament (probably my favourite of the year) but it shouldn't be a Major due to ticketing arrangements, qualification criteria (how many other tournaments allow past winners the same exemptions?) and the fact Joe Public can't ever play the course.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Like a dog with a bone

Think I'll set it on my calendar alarm every year.

 

[GB72]

I must be in a cynical mood today but it often appears that the sole purpose of The Masters is to pamper the egos of the members and the club.

The club does not need The Masters, it does not need the money, it certainly does not want the PGA or anyone telling them what to do and I am sure that it does not really want hundreds of people tramping through their grounds. The tournament does, however, play to the egos of the super rich who are members of the club.

Great course, great tournament but if people are discussing Open venues with regards to popularising elitist myths about the game of golf, Augusta appears to be all that and more but nobody bats an eyelid.

 

[pbrown7582]

There are some tickets made available to travel companies to be sold as part of a package.
Hellishly expensive though.

£5k for a week trip tickets thurs/sun and 4 rounds in the area...


http://www.eagt.co.uk/tour/tourdetail.aspx?EID=e90e48a4-a412-47a5-b44f-a3568de051b0



Also heard a story of somebody who borrowed some "patrons" tickets for Mondays practice day, cost £2k saw 40mins play and got refunded fave value of. $50 you'd be #gutted!

 

[davidy233]

They've got female members - http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/8284599/augusta-national-admits-condoleezza-rice-darla-moore-first-two-female-members

 

[srixon 1]

This is a true story.

A few years ago (2004) an ex work colleague was on a Caribbean cruise with his wife. During dinner one evening he got talking to a recently widowed woman that came from Augusta, whom was on the cruise to get away for a while. During their talk it transpired that her recently deceased husband was a golfer as is my ex work colleague. (Don't think that the widow cared for golf very much).

Well anyway, it transpired that her dead husband was a patron of the Masters and she was willing to let my ex colleague use her husbands tickets for the following year in 2005.

He went to every practice and tournament day and was stood by the side of the 18th green when Tiger won the event.

I think he even stayed at the widows house during Masters week.

Talk about being in the right place at the right time.

 

[Liverbirdie]

They've got female members - http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/...zza-rice-darla-moore-first-two-female-members

I know, the original post was 2 years ago, before Condaleeza joined.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Grifffffffffffyyyyyyyyyyyy, any luck, lar?:whoo:

 

[CMAC]

OMG

even AG are giving Masters tickets away for next year in a comp

 

[Liverbirdie]

Mods - when was the last time griffgolf posted - just wanna make sure he's ok.

 

[rosecott]

You don't need mods. Just click on his name on this thread and you will find it was December 2012.

 

[Liverbirdie]

You don't need mods. Just click on his name on this thread and you will find it was December 2012.

I was joking.:thup:

 

[rosecott]

I was joking.:thup:

Don't get it.

 

[Raesy92]

The main point is....once you become a 'patron' you are on the ticket list for life....you can then pass your allocation on to your kids in your will.

And I agree with your original point, I also think it is a highly unfair system. I also think the the Masters is a fantastic tournament (probably my favourite of the year) but it shouldn't be a Major due to ticketing arrangements, qualification criteria (how many other tournaments allow past winners the same exemptions?) and the fact Joe Public can't ever play the course.

Why does ticketing arrangements, qualification criteria and the fact that not anyone and everyone can play the course mean that it shouldn't be a major?

You just said it's probably your favourite tournament of the year, is that not in itself more of a reason to be a major than all of the three you said that meant it shouldn't be?

 

[Liverbirdie]

Don't get it.

Each year I post up to see how griffy got on in the ballot - maybe just to give me hope.