2019 Masters

Sunday not looking good on the weather front. Hopefully it holds off. As there is nothing better than Sunday at the Masters.

Still a bucket list item for me. Which is sad because I live not terribly far I could drive there. But I have learned Tickets are not easy to come by unless you know someone or want to spend a fortune.
One day I guess.

I have been offered Practice tickets a few times (vendors and what not) but always declined because I felt for my first time I wanted to be there on a tournament day.

Maybe next year if I get offered I will go.

My goal is to go on a Sat and Sun
Saturday follow a group that is not as popular to get to see the entire course.
But Sunday sit on 16 after the leaders Tee off and watch all the groups come in on 16.

Maybe I am wrong I have felt several Tournaments have been won or lost on 16 on Sunday.

For your first time, gonon a practice day. You’ll want to take pictures, you’ll want to drink the cheap beer and eat all the sandwiches and spend thousands on merchandise without also feeling like you’re missing something.

Seriously, the practice rounds are pure heaven on earth. You can do everything I mentioned plus set up a chair at the tee for 12 and just sit there watching all the greats hit their practice shots and joke with the patrons.

During the tournament days, you can’t brinng cameras (cell phones aren’t allowed on any day) and it is all business as you try to track leaders and hustle around the course. Half the fun of being a Masters patron are the cheap food and drink prices and just soaking up the place itself, all while still getting to watch all the big names as they prepare for one of the hardest feats in sports. If you’ve never been, you are going to want to walk the entire course and take pictures.

Having now been a few times I’d love to go on a Sunday but I would never turn down practice round tickets if offered

And if you have kids, Tuesday and Wednesday are the best days to get autographs near the range and clubhouse. Lot of guys (Tom Watson chief among them) will even take pictures with patrons on those days

It's the best opportunity considering how difficult it is just to get in on any day. Being there Sunday is hands down the best. Most people never get that chance.

Going to the practice rounds are great because you get to experience the mystique and take it all in without feeling like you're missing something if you just want to wander and enjoy.

My first time was a saturday and I felt rushed by my buddy that took me because we had a strict plan to follow. I just felt never had a chance to relax and really take it all in.

Dawgs day 1:

Leader -6
Kisner -3
Bubba E
Mitchell E

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Also, the lines may look long, but move very fast. They may be 3 times the concessions lines at Sanford Stadium, but you will never be in line more than 10-15 mins for concessions. Wish I could say that for Athens...lol

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that's what you get when you have a dedicated group of people that take pride in their work and look forward all year to working opposed to having mostly volunteers that don't know wtf they're doing being spread thin and understaffed.

I know we like to pinch pennies where we can but the overall enjoyment for EVERY fan in the stadiuim would drastically increase if we would actually hire food service professionals to run our food services.

Well I am still an "Intruder" in the great state of Georgia. I think its 10 years before you can actually call yourself a "Georgian" I am only on year three.
So as far as the Masters I was a TV watcher and someone who enjoys Golf.
So it wasnt until I moved here that I realized how its ingrained in the culture here. Kind of Like Mardi Gras where I am from.

I remember when I moved to Texas and I was confused and shocked when I learned we dont have Fat Tuesday off from work and school.

I am learning...