Frequently Asked Questions
What are the dates for the 2010 Masters?
The 2010 tournament will be played during the week of Monday, April 5 through Sunday, April 11.
Can I play a round of golf at Augusta National or can I go visit the course?
No. Augusta National Golf Club is a private club and is only accessible to club members and their guests.
How can I get Masters tickets?
Practice Rounds
Tickets for the 2010 Masters are sold out.
Practice Rounds tickets are limited and sold in advance by application only. Applicants are allocated tickets on a random selection basis. Application requests cannot be submitted online.
Applicants are allocated tickets on a random selection basis. Practice Rounds applications will be mailed in June. Those people who applied in 2009 and/or 2010 will automatically receive an application for 2011 tickets.
Successful applicants will be notified in September. Unsuccessful applicants will not be notified.
The deadline for 2010 applications is July 15, 2009. If you are not on the Practice Round ticket application mailing list, and would like to be added for 2010, please send your name, address, daytime telephone number and email address no later than May 1, 2009 to:
Masters Tournament
Practice Rounds
PO Box 2047
Augusta, GA 30903-2047
Tournament Tickets
Tournament or "Series" Badges (Thursday through Sunday) are only available to those on the patron list, which was closed due to demand in 1972. A waiting list began in 1972, and was closed in 1978. It reopened in 2000, and it too is now closed. No applications for "Series" Badges are currently being accepted.
Junior Tickets
- Children ages 8-16 can attend free when accompanied by an accredited patron (the individual whose name appears on the series badge application) on tournament days. One child per patron.
- No other bearer of a series badge other than the accredited Patron will have this privilege.
- The junior program does not apply to volunteers, employees or business partners who receive or purchase series badges.
- Juniors need not be related to the accredited patron to attend.
- Juniors must register at the ticket gate and the patron must provide a driver's license.
- A complimentary pass will be issued to the junior, and the pass is not transferable.
- A complimentary pass will be issued to the Junior. The Pass is not transferable, and re-entry to the grounds will not be allowed if the Junior leaves the grounds.
- This program will not be available on Practice Round days.
NOTE: The Masters Tournament is the only authorized ticket source.
Can I bring children to the tournament?
While there is no specific age restriction for children attending the tournament, guardians are responsible for the behavior of their children. In cases of repeated misbehavior, parents and guardians are subject to removal from the course if young patrons cannot behave in an appropriate manner.
Except in the case of the Junior Tickets program mentioned above, every person must possess their own ticket to the practice rounds or tournament, regardless of age.
When will my practice round tickets arrive?
Practice round tickets and tournament badges are mailed out about five weeks prior to the start of the tournament.
How can I become a member of Augusta National Golf Club?
Membership at Augusta National Golf Club is by invitation only. There is no application process.
Where can I purchase Masters merchandise?
Masters merchandise can only be purchased from one of the merchandise stands at Augusta National Golf Club and it can be purchased only during the Masters tournament.
What is the name of the music that CBS uses during Masters Tournament coverage?
Dave Loggins wrote the original score for CBS's coverage of the Masters in 1981. It was re-released by Leeds Music/Patchwork Music ASCAP in 1996 by Don Cherry. The name of the work is "Augusta."
Can I have the recipe for the Pimento Cheese spread?
Augusta National keeps the recipe for the pimento cheese spread a secret.
Where can I park?
Patron parking will be in the 70 acres that the club has bought and cleared along Berckmans Road in the past few years. All ticket holders will enter the course from Berckmans Road, starting with the 2009 tournament. It will be the first time since the tournament's inception in 1934 that patrons won't be able to enter the course from Washington Road.
All patrons will be funneled to a staging area near Heath Drive and Berckmans Road and will enter the course at Gate 6A. Those walking from the Washington Road area will now have to walk down Berckmans Road to the staging area to get inside.
Drivers will be able to access the parking lots by way of a new road behind the Publix shopping center on Washington Road. Drivers traveling toward Augusta National from Interstate 20 will have two opportunities to turn right into the parking areas. Once at the new Publix road and again at Stanley Drive, Mr. Cassell said. Those coming from Calhoun Expressway and downtown Augusta will make a left turn at Gate A3. Berckmans Road will remain open to traffic, but officials discourage its use to make the pedestrian crossing at Gate 6A move as swiftly as possible.
Text and Map of parking areas (pdf format)
Detailed Course and Parking map (pdf format)
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