THE 2020 MASTERS PACKAGES
APRIL 6-12 IN AUGUSTA, GA.
CAN TIGER ROAR AGAIN IN 2020? BE THERE!
Can Tiger Woods add to his Major Championship totals?
Can Phil Mickelson turn back Father Time and win his fourth Masters?
Can Rory McIlroy win his first Masters and complete the Grand Slam?
Here is your opportunity to stroll down Magnolia Lane at the 2020 Masters Tournament, tour Amen Corner, and walk on the most beautiful manicured greenery and scenery in all of golf at Augusta National Golf Club. Here is your chance to sample the time-tested traditions of The Masters and see the game’s greats such as five-time winner (and defending champion) Tiger Woods, 2018 champion Patrick Reed, 2015 winner Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, three-time champion Phil Mickelson, plus honorary starters Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player return to the grounds that helped shape their legend. Here is your exclusive invitation to join us for the first major golf championship of 2020 and the opportunity of a lifetime-experience this year’s Masters, April 6-12, in Augusta for a week you will never forget.
Rocky Mountain Golf Travel has a limited number of practice-round, tournament-proper and weekly packages that include practice days, Monday, April 6, through Wednesday, April 8, and the tournament proper days (April 9-12). On practice-round days, patrons can bring their cameras, take pictures of the famous landmarks on the course, interact with players, and secure an autograph from the game’s greats in a casual, relaxed atmosphere. No cameras are allowed, and players are less accessible on tournament-proper days, Thursday through Sunday, but the “major” competition is riveting!
Package #1 Practice Rounds, $7,000 per person, which includes the following:
Sunday through Wednesday (April 5-8) lodging at a private home near Augusta National Golf Club (three nights lodging). Departing Wednesday night, April 8 or Thursday morning, April 9.
Tickets to Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday Practice Rounds, including the storied Par-3 Tournament on Wednesday afternoon (Cameras Allowed!).
Welcome dinner/NCAA Basketball Championship on TV on Monday evening, April 6 after spending the day at The Masters.
Personal transportation to and from golf course daily.
Masters Journal magazine, the official publication of the 2020 Masters!
Guided Tour of Augusta National Golf Club landmarks on Monday/Tuesday.
Continental breakfast each day.
Transportation to and from Augusta airport (if you don’t have your rental car).
Invitations to parties, functions each evening, as they become available.
Package #2 Tournament Proper $9,000, which includes the following:
Wednesday night through Monday morning (April 8-13) accommodations at private home near Augusta National Golf Club (four nights lodging; check out Monday morning).
Masters four-day badge (ticket) to Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday’s Masters Tournament Rounds, April 9-12-(four-day badges for the tournament are selling for $8,000 or more each on eBay!).
Guided Tour of Augusta National Golf Club landmarks on Thursday, April 9, and/or any other tournament day.
Personal transportation to and from the golf course daily.
Complimentary spectator’s guide daily, tee sheets and Masters Journal.
Continental breakfast daily.
Package #3 Entire Masters Week $12,500 which includes the following: Sunday through Sunday (eight nights) accommodations at an private home near Augusta National Golf Club. Checkout on Monday, April 13. Tickets to all seven days of Masters play (three practice rounds and four tournament proper days). The seven days of Masters tickets alone cost $10,000! All other amenities and special events included in Packages 1 and 2 for the entire Masters Week of April 6-12, 2020.
Build Your Package: If you wish to attend a single day of The Masters, or if you want to attend one practice-round day and one tournament day, we can accommodate you. Prices depend on which days you wish to attend and ticket availability, but we can usually accommodate any request.
FAQs:
1. Which airport do I fly into for The Masters?
Masters packages does NOT include airfare, but Rocky Mountain will coordinate carpools from Atlanta to Augusta, from Columbia, South Carolina (just 55 minutes from Augusta), or from the small Augusta airport itself. Lowest fares are typically into ATL or CAE (Columbia), but if you’re using Sky Miles, etc., Delta Air Lines flies directly into Augusta with many additional flights added for Masters Week. The Augusta Airport is about 15 minutes away from Augusta National GC.
2. Do I need to rent a car?
Not unless you are flying into Atlanta or Columbia on a day when no one else is traveling. Some people also like to have a rental car available throughout the week to make side trips or dinner plans on their own, but traditionally the group will select other dining options and travel to and from the course together to take advantage of special parking passes available, etc.
3. What about playing golf while in Augusta for The Masters?
If you are paying for a Masters ticket, it is usually best to maximize your ticket cost by spending each day you can at The Masters. However, groups of four or eight may want to “split” use of their tickets, with half of the group attending the Masters in the morning and playing golf in the afternoon and the other half following the opposite schedule. Tickets and Masters Tournament badges are transferrable when following the proper procedures. One caveat: Golf tee times must be made far in advance during Masters Week and are very expensive in and around Augusta. But tee times can be arranged for those who want to play golf!
4. How can I get Masters tickets?
There is no public sale of Masters tickets, but we have arranged to purchase Masters practice-round tickets and four-day Tournament Badges from longtime patrons who buy their tickets directly from Augusta National Golf Club each year. The resale of Masters tickets is strictly prohibited and strictly enforced so once you have your ticket, don’t offer it to anyone under any circumstances. If you have a 2020 ticket and just need lodging and transportation to the golf course, please contact us, and we can arrange a special price for your package.
Note: All packages require a 25% deposit at time of purchase with the balance due by Feb. 1, 2020. If canceling before Jan. 15, 2020, a refund will be given, less $500 administration fee. No refunds after March 1, 2020. Packages are available on a first come-first served basis, so lock in your package now!
For more information, please contact:
Jeff Waters (801) 557-6110 jeffgolfguy@comcast.net
A Brief History of The Master’s Tournament
Looking to provide a service to golf by hosting a tournament, Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts decided to hold an annual event beginning in 1934. The final decision was made at a meeting in New York at the office of member W. Alton Jones. Roberts proposed the event be called the Masters Tournament, but Bobby Jones objected thinking it too presumptuous. The name Augusta National Invitation Tournament was adopted, and the title was used for five years until 1939 when Jones relented, and the name was officially changed. An early decision was whether Jones would play or serve as an official. Jones preferred not to compete but was persuaded by the Club’s members to join the field. In the 12 Tournaments that Jones played, his best finish was 13th in 1934.
Many decisions made in the early days of the Tournament remain today. Among these are the four-day stroke playing of 18 holes each day instead of the then customary 36 holes on the third day, eliminating qualifying rounds.
The first Tournament was held March 22, 1934, and beginning in 1940; the Masters was scheduled each year during the first full week in April. That first Tournament was won by Horton Smith, and in the Fall of 1934, the nines were reversed. In 1935 Gene Sarazen hit “the shot heard ’round the world” scoring a double eagle on the par-five 15th hole, tying Craig Wood and forcing a playoff. Sarazen won the 36-hole playoff the following day by five strokes. In 1942 Byron Nelson defeated Ben Hogan 69-70 in an 18-hole playoff, and the Tournament was not played the following three years, 1943, 1944 and 1945, during the war. To assist the war effort, cattle and turkeys were raised on the Augusta National grounds.
The 1950’s included two victories by Ben Hogan and the first of four for Arnold Palmer. Palmer’s 1958 win began the tradition of Amen Corner. In 1960 the Par 3 Contest was launched, and in 1965-1966 Jack Nicklaus became the first Masters champion to defend his title successfully. During the decade of the 1970’s the two founders of the Masters Tournament passed away. Both Jones and Roberts left indelible impressions on the Masters and the world of golf. The following decade Spaniard Seve Ballesteros won twice, and Tom Watson captured his second title. In 1986 at age 46, Nicklaus donned his sixth Green Jacket. And in 1997, Tiger Woods broke the Tournament four-day scoring record that had stood for 32 years. At the 2001 Masters, Woods won his fourth consecutive professional major, and in 2002 became only the third player to win consecutive Masters titles. In 2005, Tiger became the third person to win at least four Masters Tournaments.
Between the years of 1980 and 2000, non-American golfers took eleven victories in those twenty years. This was the longest streak for non-American golfers in any major U.S. tournament since the early U.S. Open years. In 1986, Jack Nicklaus became the oldest player to win the Masters, winning for a sixth time at the age of 46. In 1997, Tiger Woods won the Masters by twelve shots at the age of 21, breaking the long-standing scoring record and breaking the record for youngest player to win the Masters.
The Augusta National Golf Club course has been adjusted several times over the years. In 1998, the course measured 6925 yards from tee to pin on all holes. The course was adjusted to 7270 yards for 2002 and 7445 yards in 2006. These adjustments have brought several criticisms, but most competitive players have defended the course as freshly challenging.
Tickets for the Master’s tournament expensive and very difficult to secure. Even the practice rounds are difficult to get into, as applications for practice round tickets must be made almost a year in advance just to get your name in a national lottery that in 2017 included 1.2 million people hoping to “draw out” for tickets. Tickets to the tournament are only sold to members of a patrons list, which is closed. A waiting list for patrons has opened and closed periodically since 1972. As of 2008, The Masters has not accepted any ticket applications for the four-day Tournament Proper.
