2020 Ryder Cup Random Ticket Selection Emails Being Sent Out

[jwhite86]

> @VinnyG41 said:

> Can anyone say they actually got match day tickets?

 

Someone here at work got 2 Friday tickets... got lucky

[Schro5150]

I'm within a block and a half.

[mboggess]

Cripes, I finally got in and went to purchase Thursday practice round, (link clearly clickable) and says tickets are unavailable, same thing for Wednesday tickets. Looks like I'm going to the Tuesday practice round!! Yippee!!

[mci711]

> @VinnyG41 said:

> Haven't heard anyone say they got match day tickets here, on other golf forums, or twitter. I'm calling shenanigans...

 

Saw 1 person on Twitter get tickets. Saw multiple people on Twitter have tickets in their cart only to be denied. Which would have driven me to do awful things most likely.

[jmkjar]

> @VinnyG41 said:

> Can anyone say they actually got match day tickets?

 

I was fortunate to get in pretty quickly and got 4 tickets for Saturday. They really gouge you with the fees, $137 total in service fees, shipping, and taxes. Will make a guys weekend out of it up in Wisco.

[Jay28]

Oh well, got in and....

 

They weren't lying.

:'(

[Schro5150]

I just kept trying to put tickets in the cart, and actually got one for Wednesday.

[Jay28]

> @mboggess said:

> Cripes, I finally got in and went to purchase Thursday practice round, (link clearly clickable) and says tickets are unavailable, same thing for Wednesday tickets. Looks like I'm going to the Tuesday practice round!! Yippee!!

 

Weds and Thursday practice tickets are still available for me. I am in now.

But not going to bother... will have to now decide whether to buy a golf tour package. Unsurprisingly they have loads of tickets for 6 times face value.

[johngalt312]

Joke of a process, but better than The Masters’, I guess. Individual day tickets were sold out in first half an hour it appeared.

[jeff1727]

I’ll take the Masters process. If you win, they let you know what you won and you don’t have to waste an entire morning waiting in line.

[LeftyNC15705]

I got a set of 2 International Pavilion package. Will probably sell off some of the days.

[johngalt312]

> @jeff1727 said:

> I’ll take the Masters process. If you win, they let you know what you won and you don’t have to waste an entire morning waiting in line.

 

On second thought, agreed.

 

[cfgolf]

When I got tickets for Hazeltine, seems like they assigned you to group A, B, C, etc. and you had specific day and time to buy. Once A window was closed, whatever was left was open for group B. Once your group window was open, you logged in and could buy whatever was available. This seems really stupid compared to that. WASTE OF TIME and MISLEADING!

[Newbs24]

Tues-Thurs all can be clicked on but nothing available

[jbole267]

Dumbest process I have ever seen, they definitely just sent the code to everyone that signed up.

 

Horrible waste of time, assumed it would be unlikely but didn't even seem like a fair shake.. Hopefully next time, was hoping for a final chance to see Tiger (wishful thinking)....

 

 

[Newbs24]

Jesus... They now have a link to a ticket exchange with PRIMESPORT for tickets that are insanely expensive... What a joke

[johngalt312]

Got Thursday practice round tickets - all that was available. Could’ve bought more, but didn’t seem worth it.

[lopey986]

Tuesday and Wednesday tickets are actually slightly cheaper buying from somewhere like TickPick because they actually have less fees. Whole thing was such a joke, I was about 1/4 of the way through the line when the notification that match day tickets were sold out popped up.

[lopey986]

> @bobcat88 said:

> > @mci711 said:

> > I don't understand why they even went through the process of signing up for the lottery and sending out the acceptance email. If everyone was accepted, that is obviously way over the total of tickets sold, then what is the point? Should have just opened it up and did first come first serve. "Bots" and digital scalpers are going to get their's anyway.

>

> Yeah I saw something that the PGA wanted to do this to make sure "bots" wouldn't be able to spam the ticket availability and buy everything up, but StubHub had tickets available 2 days ago for the weekend rounds. And there's already a ton of tickets available on there and VividSeats.

 

There's also individual accounts selling 10+ tickets despite there supposedly being a 4 ticket limit. They blew this one, I hope everyone stays away from the secondary market and the course is half empty, though I know that'll never happen.

[lopey986]

> @johngalt312 said:

> Joke of a process, but better than The Masters’, I guess. Individual day tickets were sold out in first half an hour it appeared.

 

Nowhere near "better than the Masters". If you win the Masters lottery you actually get to, you know, BUY TICKETS.

[shortstop20]

Terrible process, what a joke

[bobcat88]

> @johngalt312 said:

> > @jeff1727 said:

> > I’ll take the Masters process. If you win, they let you know what you won and you don’t have to waste an entire morning waiting in line.

>

> On second thought, agreed.

>

 

Glad you came around on that initial thought.

[Goodytx]

I was able to get 4 tickets to each practice round (Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday). If anyone that didn’t get any tickets today is interested in them, let me know. And no, I’m not looking to rip you off.

[Kscarguy]

why have a raffle when everyone gets in and you still have to wait and see if you get a chance to purchase tickets. If you get selected in the raffle you should get tickets . #fail

[Reidman]

Logged back in....just so I could see my guy walk all the way from left to right without stopping. It helps soothe the pain.

[jeff1727]

> @Newbs24 said:

> Jesus... They now have a link to a ticket exchange with PRIMESPORT for tickets that are insanely expensive... What a joke

 

Maybe the PGA should buy those tickets back and supply some for the real fans. Why does everything have to be a big money grab?

 

 

[Newbs24]

> @jeff1727 said:

> > @Newbs24 said:

> > Jesus... They now have a link to a ticket exchange with PRIMESPORT for tickets that are insanely expensive... What a joke

>

> Maybe the PGA should buy those tickets back and supply some for the real fans. Why does everything have to be a big money grab?

>

>

 

It is what it is... I blame myself for falling for it again.

[ctime]

I got 2 tickets each for Saturday and Sunday. I checked out at 11:08am. It was very smooth.

 

Based upon the reaction on twitter and here it seems like many people don't understand how queue-it works and how to have the best chance to purchase. The people who know how to buy tickets and sneakers had a big advantage the way they were released. And for everyone claiming bots bought all the tickets it doesn't require a bot to have the best chance to buy when queue-it is used.

 

Was it a good process for everyday golf fans? No. There were a couple simple things they could have done to make it more difficult but they didn't and this is the end result. I do agree that a more Masters like process would have better for everyday golf fans though.

[bobcat88]

> @ctime said:

> I got 2 tickets each for Saturday and Sunday. I checked out at 11:08am. It was very smooth.

>

> Based upon the reaction on twitter and here it seems like many people don't understand how queue-it works and how to have the best chance to purchase. The people who know how to buy tickets and sneakers had a big advantage the way they were released. And for everyone claiming bots bought all the tickets it doesn't require a bot to have the best chance to buy when queue-it is used.

>

> Was it a good process for everyday golf fans? No. There were a couple simple things they could have done to make it more difficult but they didn't and this is the end result. I do agree that a more Masters like process would have better for everyday golf fans though.

 

Fill us in on this secret process aside from logging in at 10AM, and getting dumped in line randomly at 11. I think everyone’s biggest gripe is that they made it seem like just because you received an access code you’d be all set for getting at least one ticket. To have everything sell out in an hour when they knew that the amount of tickets available was dwarfed by the amount of people they sent codes to is a pretty big kick in the d*ck. For having a couple years to plan out and implement their sales strategy, I think it’s pretty easy to say it was a complete disaster.

[manku]

As I said in post #19, it looked like it was going to be like Coachella...and it was!

 

I'm baffled why anyone would pay for a practice day ticket...it's not like the Masters (which is the only practice day I'd pay for)...the whole thing that makes the Ryder Cup different is the crowds and patriotism (and competition)...which is completely missing on practice days. Nor is it a ultra private like PV.

 

Take that money and go play Blackwolf Run...or at least 4 holes worth!