The Masters Golf Tournament Tickets

The Masters Golf Tournament is among the major professional golf championships around the globe. Bobby Jones, a former golf player was the mastermind behind the tournament. Throughout his career, Jones took part in 21 competitions, winning 13 of them, and was included in “World Golf Hall of Fame” in 1974. Jones had the idea of making a golf course after he retired. Together, with Clifford Roberts, he created The Masters, arranging the inaugural match on March 22^nd 1934. Roberts contributed many innovative ideas to The Masters. The “Augusta National Golf Club” course was designed together by Jones and famous British architect Dr. Alister Mackenzie.

 
The Masters Golf Tournament was at first called the “Augusta National Invitational Tournament”.  Five years later, the tournament was given its current name. The very first tournament was won by Horton Smith. Jones offered U.S Open to arrange the tournament at Augusta National Club, but the offer was rejected, keeping in mind the warm climate of Augusta, Georgia. During World War II, the club served as a breeding farm for turkeys and cattle, and the tournament wasn’t arranged for two years.

 
From 1960 – 1978, The Masters Gold Tournament was a reign of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, known as ‘The Big Three’. The trophy kept rotating between these three champions, not letting another one in for about two decades. In the next two decades, from 1980 – 2000, there were eleven victories scored by non-Americans. At the age of 46, Nicklaus won the championship sixth time and became the oldest golfer to win the tournament in 1986. Tiger Woods, a twenty-one year old player won The Masters in 1997, and kept on winning till 2005, becoming the third player in history of The Masters to have won these many consecutive games.

 
The Masters Golf Tournament was won by a Canadian for the very first time in 2003, by Mike Weir. He was also the very first left-handed golfer to win a championship in The Masters. The championship was defended by another left-handed golfer, Phil Mickelson the next year. The tournament was won by him again in 2010. Charl Schwartzel, a South African won the tournament of 2011.

 
The Masters Golf Tournament has been broadcasted in United States annually since 1956. The first network to broadcast the tournament was “USA Network”. In 2008, the rights were transferred to “ESPN”, in collaboration with “CBS”. The commercial time during the tournament is very limited and currently is of only four minutes per hour. The radio broadcasting has been provided by “Westwood One” since 1956. The Master’s tickets are known to be very hard to grab, while not being expensive at all. It is said that even the practice tournament tickets are hard to get. If you wish to attend the tournament of 2012, now is the right time to get hold of The Masters Golf Tournament tickets from us!