How to Get Tickets to the Masters Practice Round
A ticket to see the Masters Golf Tournament is one of the most coveted and most difficult to get in all of sports. Applications for badges for actual tournament days have been closed since 1972 and even the waiting list for applications has been closed since 1978, except for a couple of years after 2000.
This means the only way to get to see Augusta during Masters week, unless you have friends with badges or can afford one of the few packages for sale, is to go and see a practice day. However, even tickets for those days are not at all easy to come by.
There are two ways to try to get the tickets: through Augusta National or as part of a package from a ticket agency.
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Instructions
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Getting Tickets for Masters Practice Days
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Approach the Masters Tournament office first. Check the deadlines for applications, as these are strictly adhered to. Applications to join the mailing list for next year have to be received within two or three weeks of that year's tournament
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Send your name, address, email address and a daytime telephone number to:
Masters Tournament Practice Rounds, P.O.Box 2047, Augusta, Georgia 30903-2047
Application forms will be sent out and must be returned by a date in mid-July. -
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Specify the day you would like to attend: Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Wednesday is also the day of the Par 3 tournament, so those tickets are slightly more expensive and harder to get.
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Succeed in the lottery and the club will contact you around mid-September and request payment. You can order up to four tickets for each day. If you are unsuccessful in the lottery, the club will not notify you.
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Tips & Warnings
Fail to win tickets in the lottery and your only alternative is to book through a ticket agencies. Use a reputable company that can provide you with genuine tickets. Be prepared to pay well over the face value for any tickets you buy this way. Even practice day tickets sell for well over $200 each through the agencies. When budgeting, remember that any hotel within a couple hours drive of the course will probably charge three or four times their usual nightly rate during Masters week.
