How to Get Tickets to the Masters Golf Tournament

Go through Stub Hub. Stub Hub is one of the top off-site ticket selling agencies for sports events and concerts throughout the United States. For those who really want to attend this event, this is the first place to turn. Why not go through the Augusta National Golf Club, the host of the event? Because they have had so many requests for tickets that they closed down their waiting list nearly 20 years ago because the list was so deep. Tickets through brokers range in price from $1,500 to $12,000 for the four-day tournament.

Go to eBay and get involved in an online auction. Tickets are not plentiful and prices will be at least $2,500 for the event.

Write letters to the top golfers through the Professional Golf Association. Golfers in the tournament get to purchase a limited number of tickets, and they have been known to resell them to fans. It's best to have a relationship with a golfer to begin with, but it is possible.

Buy tickets for a Master's practice session on the Monday and Tuesday before the event. These tickets are much easier to come by than tickets for the tournament itself. If you are on the grounds of Augusta for the practice sessions, you may be able to purchase them from the tournament organizing committee. Prices start in the mid-$200 range. Send your request, including your name, address and phone number to Masters Tournament, Practice Rounds, PO Box 2047, Augusta, GA 30903-2047.

Go to Augusta and try to buy tickets from scalpers. Scalping tickets to sporting events in Georgia is legal as long as it is 1,500 feet or more away from the event. If the weather is great, scalpers can get $1,500 or more for a Masters Badge that will allow the owner admittance to the grounds.