What Makes Masters Tournament So Popular?

The “dream come true” moment for every golf lover is when he/she makes it to the Masters Golf tournament. Securing masters tickets is not as simple as any other sporting event. If you go into the facts, it is quite surprising to note that tickets to master’s tournaments have not been accessible to general public almost from the year 1972. Such is the demand for this game.

It was only in the year 2000 that a new waiting list has been opened for selling Masters Golf tournament tickets and the same was closed within a short span of time. Be it master badges or tickets, procuring either of them is quite a tough challenge. But this does not stop fans from enjoying the game.

Masters badges are amongst most popular tickets for any sporting event and the ideal way of laying your hands on them would be by approaching ticket brokers. Masters tickets are generally expensive in nature but when the same is purchased through a broker, it becomes all the more expensive. So the moment you approach a broker, you need to be prepared to expend atleast $1500 per ticket.

Another way of buying these tickets is through ebay and by booking masters package. Typically packages at masters include a daily or 4 day badges, practise round tickets, hospitality and hotel accommodation. When compared to masters badges, tickets to master’s practise can be procured more easily.

Unlike Masters Golf tournament tickets, masters practise tickets can be purchased by general public from the Masters themselves. In fact a limited number of practise tickets are sold well in advance that too by application by masters. Sometimes the demand is so high that applications for next year masters are mailed around mid year to all those people who have applied the previous year.

When coming to 2011 masters championship, participating in this tournament as a golfer is not so easy. Golfers need to qualify the 19 qualifying criteria in order to become eligible and receive an invitation to take part in the game. However Masters Committee also has the power to invite even those international players who have not met the set criteria.

Some of the qualifying criteria that players need to meet in order to be a part of this prestigious tournament are:

Former winners of masters
Winners of last five US opens
Winners of last five British opens
Winners of last five PGA championships
Winners of last three players championships
Winner and runner up from the last US amateur champion
Winner of last British Amateur championship
Winner of last Asian Amateur championship
Winner of last US Amateur public links championship
Winner of last US Mid Amateur championship
Top 16 of last years masters tournament
Top 8 of last years US open
Top 4 of last years British open
Top 4 of last years PGA championship
All players who qualified last years tour championship

From these above qualifying criteria, the kind of players participating in this tournament is clearly evident. So make sure you be a part of this prestigious event.