Masters Lottery

[gators78]

I swear they're using IBM Watson to track not just the tickets but activity in the gates. Never been picked in the lottery, both my good friend and boss were selected, spent a boatload of money in the golf shop...and wouldn't you know it, they were selected again the following year.

[Outpost31]

Where do you enter the Masters lottery?

[3jacker]

[https://tickets.masters.com/en_US/ticket_info.html](https://tickets.masters.com/en_US/ticket_info.html "https://tickets.masters.com/en_US/ticket_info.html")

[tiger.19]

Sorry guys, I didn’t mean to cause an argument, I would just like to be able to attend one day before I’m 85 and can no longer walk those hills( I’ve heard it’s hilly) I also wouldn’t mind paying a little more for a sandwich if it didn’t cost a car to get in.

[3jacker]

And i'm sorry BB for being a jerk. Don't know what got into me.

 

tiger.19: I'd show up there and buy on the street.

The odds of getting a ticket are a) much, much better - nearly guaranteed and b) much, much cheaper (than buying from a broker).

[driveandputtmachine]

You can no longer "will" your tickets down through generations. Husband and wife can will them, but after both parents pass away those tickets go back into the lottery. The reason I know is I have a friend and my wife has a friend that their parents have tickets, both have had one parent pass away and have been advised that they can pass them down to the children.

 

I have been entering for 10 years and have never been chosen. I had last gotten to go 2012, my connection no longer had tickets. This year I was lucky as I had a friend that actually hit the lottery and he gave me the opportunity to go with him and got to go on Monday.

[tiger.19]

I’ve been telling the wife the last couple years(she watches some golf and has been to a few events with me) that if we don’t ever hit on the lottery that I’ll just get a hotel and we’ll make the drive and buy on the street. May have to take that plunge.

[youdamantiger]

> @"tiger.19" said:

> I’ve been telling the wife the last couple years(she watches some golf and has been to a few events with me) that if we don’t ever hit on the lottery that I’ll just get a hotel and we’ll make the drive and buy on the street. May have to take that plunge.

 

All I can say is that you won't regret it. Whatever your expectations are for Augusta, I guarantee they will be exceeded.

[Hawkeye77]

> @gators78 said:

> I swear they're using IBM Watson to track not just the tickets but activity in the gates. Never been picked in the lottery, both my good friend and boss were selected, spent a boatload of money in the golf shop...and wouldn't you know it, they were selected again the following year.

 

HaHa-I guess we only spent a dinghy load!

They do go out of their way to make sure people know it is a selection process, not a lottery, so who knows.

[NJPhil]

Over 10 years in the lottery with no luck. A good friend got tickets for Wednesday last year, his 4th in the lottery, fortunately I got to go with him. Another friend entered for the first time last year and got Saturday tickets. Hopefully my day will come, if not I will pay the scalper/broker price to go back, it is worth it IMO.

[LeftDaddy]

15 years here and no dice.

 

I have been once but not on the lottery. Just paid the $ for two tix. Was amazing!

 

I’m from the Augusta area and had chances to go as a kid but never cared anything about it. In fact, I just thought it was this silly local tournament and couldn’t understand why everyone made such a big deal about it. Boy do I wish now that I hadn’t been so stupid.

 

I had a family member that had the grandfathered tickets up until he passed away a few years ago. I never got to go on his tickets. The family sold them every year for a ransom and this side of the family literally lived off of the income from those tickets for about 10 years.

 

I’d like to go again someday.

[DatSliceDoe]

12+ years, nothing. Not giving up yet.

[IcemanYVR]

If I haven't won the ticket lottery by the time I retire in a few years I'm going to purchase two weeklong passes from a broker and go with my son. It won't be cheap but I'm sure it will be a lifelong memory for both of us.

[sbjinx]

> @3jacker said:

> And i'm sorry BB for being a jerk. Don't know what got into me.

>

> tiger.19: I'd show up there and buy on the street.

> The odds of getting a ticket are a) much, much better - nearly guaranteed and b) much, much cheaper (than buying from a broker).

I may go down this route. Are practice rounds or tournament rounds easier to get. I’d like to take my dad and I don’t want to wait 10 years to win the lotto.

 

[youdamantiger]

> @sbjinx said:

> > @3jacker said:

> > And i'm sorry BB for being a jerk. Don't know what got into me.

> >

> > tiger.19: I'd show up there and buy on the street.

> > The odds of getting a ticket are a) much, much better - nearly guaranteed and b) much, much cheaper (than buying from a broker).

> I may go down this route. Are practice rounds or tournament rounds easier to get. I’d like to take my dad and I don’t want to wait 10 years to win the lotto.

>

 

Both practice & tournament rounds are equally easy to get. It just depends on what you're willing to pay. The prices for tickets on Washington vary a good bit based on the particular scalper, how desperate he is to get rid of his inventory, the expected weather on the day in question, etc. But, generally speaking, this is what you can expect to pay:

 

Monday or Tuesday will run you about $500. Wednesday about $800-$1000. Thursday about $1200-$1500. Friday about $1500-$2000. Saturday and Sunday ticket prices vary the most based on who's in the hunt but they generally run anywhere from $2000-$4000.

[Tim Schoch]

If you have that kind of extra money, why not. I don't and when you don't there is no way any sports event is worth that kind on money. Sour grapes I guess.

 

I read that this is a selection process, not a real lottery. I am a writer. Back in the day, I sold to all the big golf magazines, to this site and others, ran my own golf blog for years, and am currently writing a golf novel. I won a golf writing contest and a week's worth of lessons with Hank Haney in Ca. Nada in the lottery for many years. I have no press credentials and don't qualify for the Golf Writers Association of America, so that must be it.

 

Anyway, I would love to know their selection criteria. Meanwhile, TV and Masters.com coverage is awesome.

[lopey986]

> @youdamantiger said:

> Don't be discouraged. You can get on the course Monday or Tuesday for a relatively reasonable price. My buddy and I always buy our tickets on Washington because, like you, we are perennial lottery losers. You can expect to pay $500 on Washington for a Monday or Tuesday full day ticket. Scalpers on Washington also sell half-days if they have them. The longer the day drags on the cheaper the scalpers are willing to sell tickets for that day. We once bought Tuesday tickets at about 12:30pm for $150 a piece. That's over five full hours on the course (Augusta closes at 6pm).

>

> To answer your other question, I've entered for the past five or six years and never won. My buddy has been entering for 15 years or so and never won, so you're not alone.

 

We, uh, have very different definitions of a "relatively reasonable price".

[deadeye ruck]

I've been in the lottery for the last 13 years for practice round and then tournament tickets once they started offering them again. My parents have been in the lottery for the same duration. None of us have been selected.

 

I agree with other posters, now that I have children, once my son is a little older I will just suck it up, pony up the $$$$$ and go together if I'm not selected to go by then. Hopefully he'll appreciate it but it most definitely be a once in a lifetime chance for us both.

[Bad9]

I entered for the first time for the 2014 tournament and got two Saturday tickets. Won two Tuesday tickets for the 2018 tournament.

[Tim Schoch]

> @Bad9 said:

> I entered for the first time for the 2014 tournament and got two Saturday tickets. Won two Tuesday tickets for the 2018 tournament.

 

What do you do for a living?

[bladehunter]

> @Bad9 said:

> I entered for the first time for the 2014 tournament and got two Saturday tickets. Won two Tuesday tickets for the 2018 tournament.

 

Did you go both times ?

 

Do you own a unicorn? Maybe a rabbits foot that has been passed down through the Prescott family line ?

[Bad9]

> @bladehunter said:

> > @Bad9 said:

> > I entered for the first time for the 2014 tournament and got two Saturday tickets. Won two Tuesday tickets for the 2018 tournament.

>

> Did you go both times ?

>

> Do you own a unicorn? Maybe a rabbits foot that has been passed down through the Prescott family line ?

 

Yup we went both times, made midwinter vacations out of it. In 2014 we went to Charleston for a week and in 2018 went to Hilton Head Island. Only spent one night in the area for the Masters on either trip.

[bladehunter]

> @Bad9 said:

> > @bladehunter said:

> > > @Bad9 said:

> > > I entered for the first time for the 2014 tournament and got two Saturday tickets. Won two Tuesday tickets for the 2018 tournament.

> >

> > Did you go both times ?

> >

> > Do you own a unicorn? Maybe a rabbits foot that has been passed down through the Prescott family line ?

>

> Yup we went both times, made midwinter vacations out of it. In 2014 we went to Charleston for a week and in 2018 went to Hilton Head Island. Only spent one night in the area for the Masters on either trip.

 

Thats a solid plan right there. It’s all so relatively close. It makes perfect sense.

[Bad9]

> @bladehunter said:

> > @Bad9 said:

> > > @bladehunter said:

> > > > @Bad9 said:

> > > > I entered for the first time for the 2014 tournament and got two Saturday tickets. Won two Tuesday tickets for the 2018 tournament.

> > >

> > > Did you go both times ?

> > >

> > > Do you own a unicorn? Maybe a rabbits foot that has been passed down through the Prescott family line ?

> >

> > Yup we went both times, made midwinter vacations out of it. In 2014 we went to Charleston for a week and in 2018 went to Hilton Head Island. Only spent one night in the area for the Masters on either trip.

>

> Thats a solid plan right there. It’s all so relatively close. It makes perfect sense.

 

When I win the lottery again and get tickets it will be the same plan, probably HHI. And I will win again :)

[youdamantiger]

> @Bad9 said:

> I entered for the first time for the 2014 tournament and got two Saturday tickets. Won two Tuesday tickets for the 2018 tournament.

 

We hate you.

[SC4life]

I had been trying to win tickets through the lottery for approximately 10 years when I lucked out and got 4 Wednesday tickets for the 2017 Masters. The weather on that Wednesday sucked. There was severe thunderstorms in the area and we had to leave the course twice to go back to our cars. Only spent a total of about 2 hours on the property that day. Well low and behold I win 4 Wednesday tickets again for this years Masters and this time the weather was awesome. I would like to think I was that lucky but in reality I think the AN just made it right and others who went that day will get rewarded as well.

[Ferguson]

Been a lottery winner 6 times in 14 years.

 

It's not you, it's your zip code.

[bogeypro]

I’ve given up on the lottery. I have a better view at my home and I don’t have to deal with the tsa mindset of Augusta. I don’t even like pemento cheese.

[BiggErn]

Has anyone found if anything works better than the other when submitting your lottery from? Does it make any difference to picking just one day versus trying for the max?

[bladehunter]

> @Ferguson said:

> Been a lottery winner 6 times in 14 years.

>

> It's not you, it's your zip code.

 

Now Ferg. You are aware that VIPs May get preferential treatment?! Right ? I mean how would it look for Ferg and co. To not be included ??