The Masters Tournament
The Masters Tournament takes place Apr 5 - 11, 2027 (dates TBC) in Augusta, Georgia, USA. The dress code is Smart golf casual: collared shirts, chinos or tailored shorts, no denim, and comfortable flat shoes; mobile phones are banned on the grounds. Typical cost ranges from 4000 to 12000 EUR per person.
Golf's most tightly controlled major, played each April over Augusta National's azalea-lined fairways, with the green jacket, pimento cheese sandwiches and a course kept in near-unreal condition. Patrons cannot bring phones onto the grounds and concession prices have barely moved in decades. Getting in is far harder than affording it.
- When
- Apr 5 - 11, 2027 (dates TBC)
- Where
- Augusta, Georgia, USA
- Dress code
- Smart golf casual: collared shirts, chinos or tailored shorts, no denim, and comfortable flat shoes; mobile phones are banned on the grounds
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 4000 to 12000 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 18 - 25C, mild Georgia spring with afternoon storm risk
- When to book
- Augusta National sells tickets only through a free online random ballot on masters.com; the application window runs for roughly a month in the middle of the year before the tournament, with results notified the following spring. Augusta hotels and private rentals for Masters week should be secured nine to twelve months out and usually carry week-long minimums.
- Getting there
- AGS (Augusta), 20 min to Augusta National; ATL (Atlanta) is about 2 h 30 m by road with far better international connections
- Where to stay
- The Partridge Inn Augusta, Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center, Crowne Plaza North Augusta
- Official site
- https://www.masters.com
How to attend
Every ticket originates from Augusta National's own random ballot, free to enter on masters.com during a window in the year before, where you apply for either tournament days or practice rounds. Face value is famously low, roughly 100 to 150 euros for a daily badge, but the odds of being drawn are long. The realistic alternative is a verified hospitality package on the secondary market, starting in the low thousands of euros for a single tournament day and climbing steeply toward the weekend rounds.
Insider tip
Practice-round badges are meaningfully easier to win in the ballot and are the only days you can walk the course freely, watch the Par 3 Contest and buy the same merchandise, all for a fraction of the tournament-day cost.
Get inside The Masters Tournament
Booking matters here: augusta National sells tickets only through a free online random ballot on masters.com; the application window runs for roughly a month in the middle of the year before the tournament, with results notified the following spring. Augusta hotels and private rentals for Masters week should be secured nine to twelve months out and usually carry week-long minimums. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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