"Hello, friends."
Two of the most iconic words in sports broadcasting are now within earshot. With longtime CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz stepping down from his college basketball duties following last year's NCAA tournament, the next marquee event for Nantz is the Masters from April 11-14.
Augusta National is unlike any venue in golf. Located in Augusta, GA — approximately 150 miles east of Atlanta — Augusta National is perhaps the most prestigious and exclusive golf course in the world. It's also one of golf's hottest — and hard to find — tickets thanks to a limited capacity and lottery system. Known for its impeccable grounds (you won't find nary an astray pine needle) and cheap concessions (most famously the best pimento cheese sandwich you'll ever taste).
If you're a golf fan, there's no more sacred pilgrimage than to make the trek to Augusta National to catch a few rounds. Here's how to do it.
BUY NOW: Cheapest ticket prices for Masters 2024
Masters tickets 2024
One of the trickiest parts of scoring tickets for the Masters is navigating the lottery system and lucking out. Registration for this year's tournament was open from June 1-20 with notifications for tickets going out in mid-July for both practice rounds, the Par 3 contest and each of the four tournament rounds.
With the lottery process long gone, your only hope is the secondary market. Though in high demand, tickets are still available to buy on StubHub.
You can purchase tickets for practice rounds and individual tournament rounds with both 2-Day and 4-Day passes for sale.
Cheapest tickets for each of the three practice rounds are going for just over $1,200 with individual day tournament passes starting between $2,000 and $2,500.
The 4-Day pass gets you access to all four of the tournament rounds on Thursday through Sunday with tickets ranging from $6,500 to $10,000. Of course, you don't need to splurge to that degree to enjoy walking the majestic grounds.
Here are the different ticket options available on StubHub:
- Monday practice round
- Tuesday practice round
- Wednesday practice round
- Thursday tournament round
- Friday tournament round
- 2-Day Pass (Thursday-Friday)
- Saturday tournament round
- Sunday tournament round
- 2-Day Pass (Saturday-Sunday)
- 4-Day Pass
When is the Masters 2024? Full schedule and dates
Masters week officially begins on Monday, April 8. Practices are on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with all three days open to the public (with a ticket, of course!).
The first round begins Thursday, April 11 and runs through Sunday, April 14.
The Par-3 contest — a relaxed family-friendly event with family members often serving as caddies — will be held on Wednesday, April 10. Famously, no winner of the Par 3 contest has ever gone on to win the Masters in the same year.
Masters 2024 field and full list of players
There are several ways to qualify for the Masters and the field will not be officially set until the week leading up to the event.
Here is an updated list of every player to quality so far.
Here are the different ways to qualify:
- Masters Tournament champions (Lifetime)
- Last 5 U.S. Open champions (2019-2023)
- Last 5 British Open champions (2019-2023)
- Last 5 PGA champions (2019-2023)
- Last 3 winners of the Players Championship 2022-2024)
- Current Olympic Gold Medalist (One year)
- 2023 U.S. Amateur champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (7-B) to the 2023 U.S. Amateur champion
- 2023 British Amateur champion
- 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur champion
- 2024 Latin America Amateur champion
- 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
- The first 12 players, including ties, in the 2023 Masters Tournament
- The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2023 U.S. Open Championship
- The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2023 British Open Championship
- The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2023 PGA Championship
- Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from the 2023 Masters to the 2024 Masters (including fall 2023)
- Those qualifying for the 2023 Tour Championship
- The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
- The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament
Masters past winners
Jon Rahm is the defending champion after shooting 12-under to win by four strokes last year.
Dustin Johnson holds the scoring record for the Masters. He shot 20-under par during the 2020 tournament and won by five strokes over the rest of the field. Previously, Woods and Jordan Spieth's marks of 18-under in 1997 and 2015, respectively, had been the best in tournament history.
Below is a full look at the history of the Masters, from the most recent winner, Jon Rahm, to the first champion, Horton Smith in 1934.
| Year | Winner | Score |
| 2023 | Jon Rahm | -12 |
| 2022 | Scottie Scheffler | -10 |
| 2021 | Hideki Matsuyama | -10 |
| 2020 | Dustin Johnson | -20 |
| 2019 | Tiger Woods | -13 |
| 2018 | Patrick Reed | -15 |
| 2017 | Sergio Garcia | -9 |
| 2016 | Danny Willett | -5 |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth | -18 |
| 2014 | Bubba Watson | -8 |
| 2013 | Adam Scott | -9 |
| 2012 | Bubba Watson | -10 |
| 2011 | Charl Schwartzel | -14 |
| 2010 | Phil Mickelson | -16 |
| 2009 | Angel Cabrera | -12 |
| 2008 | Trevor Immelman | -8 |
| 2007 | Zach Johnson | +1 |
| 2006 | Phil Mickelson | -7 |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | -12 |
| 2004 | Phil Mickelson | -9 |
| 2003 | Mike Weir | -7 |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | -12 |
| 2001 | Tiger Woods | -16 |
| 2000 | Vijay Singh | -10 |
| 1999 | José María Olazábal | -8 |
| 1998 | Mark O'Meara | -9 |
| 1997 | Tiger Woods | -18 |
| 1996 | Nick Faldo | -12 |
| 1995 | Ben Crenshaw | -14 |
| 1994 | José María Olazábal | -9 |
| 1993 | Bernhard Langer | -11 |
| 1992 | Fred Couples | -13 |
| 1991 | Ian Woosnam | -11 |
| 1990 | Nick Faldo | -10 |
| 1989 | Nick Faldo | -5 |
| 1988 | Sandy Lyle | -7 |
| 1987 | Larry Mize | -3 |
| 1986 | Jack Nicklaus | -9 |
| 1985 | Bernhard Langer | -6 |
| 1984 | Ben Crenshaw | -11 |
| 1983 | Seve Ballesteros | -8 |
| 1982 | Craig Stadler | -4 |
| 1981 | Tom Watson | -8 |
| 1980 | Seve Ballesteros | -13 |
| 1979 | Fuzzy Zoeller | -8 |
| 1978 | Gary Player | -11 |
| 1977 | Tom Watson | -12 |
| 1976 | Raymond Floyd | -17 |
| 1975 | Jack Nicklaus | -12 |
| 1974 | Gary Player | -10 |
| 1973 | Tommy Aaron | -5 |
| 1972 | Jack Nicklaus | -2 |
| 1971 | Charles Coody | -9 |
| 1970 | Billy Casper | -9 |
| 1969 | George Archer | -7 |
| 1968 | Bob Goalby | -11 |
| 1967 | Gay Brewer | -8 |
| 1966 | Jack Nicklaus | E |
| 1965 | Jack Nicklaus | -17 |
| 1964 | Arnold Palmer | -12 |
| 1963 | Jack Nicklaus | -2 |
| 1962 | Arnold Palmer | -8 |
| 1961 | Gary Player | -8 |
| 1960 | Arnold Palmer | -6 |
| 1959 | Art Wall Jr. | -4 |
| 1958 | Arnold Palmer | -4 |
| 1957 | Doug Ford | -5 |
| 1956 | Jack Burke Jr. | +1 |
| 1955 | Cary Middlecoff | -9 |
| 1954 | Sam Snead | +1 |
| 1953 | Ben Hogan | -14 |
| 1952 | Sam Snead | -2 |
| 1951 | Ben Hogan | -8 |
| 1950 | Jimmy Demaret | -5 |
| 1949 | Sam Snead | -6 |
| 1948 | Claude Harmon | -9 |
| 1947 | Jimmy Demaret | -7 |
| 1946 | Herman Keiser | -6 |
| 1942 | Byron Nelson | -8 |
| 1941 | Craig Wood | -8 |
| 1940 | Jimmy Demaret | -8 |
| 1939 | Ralph Guldahl | -9 |
| 1938 | Henry Picard | -3 |
| 1937 | Byron Nelson | -5 |
| 1936 | Horton Smith | -3 |
| 1935 | Gene Sarazen | -6 |
| 1934 | Horton Smith | -4 |
* Note: The Masters was canceled from 1943-1945 as a result of World War II.