The Masters Tournament

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1972 Grad said:
I am the one who posted about Player, and I said he hit in the right trees. The other poster assumed trees meant woods, I guess.
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I know. You said trees, he thought woods. He'd be removed from the course going after those balls. The right side of #9 is practically in the middle of the course. No ball is going to get lost in that area.
 
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Orangesmokey said:
Oh no doubt. Cheaper than just about all other sports venues plus the cups are worth saving.

Side note: Does anyone know what kind of revenue the Masters makes in a day or for the tournament?

The wife and I were talking about it while we were there. We were guess at what kind of numbers they would pull in a day.
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Four day badge is $325. So if there are 50,000 to 75,000 on the course each day the gate is probably less than $50,000,000 for the full week, Monday thru Sunday. Then they likely at least match that with the gift shops and concessions. VIP packages with access to new facility at the back of the course run in the low 5 figures. If they sell a few thousand of those there's another $25-50,000,000.

So tournament revenue is most likely a little north of $100,000,000 and possibly as much as $200,000,000. Then TV could kick in tens of millions every year, but Augusta limits ads to 4 minutes an hour instead of the normal 15-20 minutes of ads (and station promos) that normally air each hour. CBS spends around $20,000,000 producing the programming, the three big sponsors kick about that much in. So TV could be a wash for CBS and Augusta National.

I'm estimating Augusta National grosses in the low to lower-middle 9 figures every year and nets low to mid 8 figures
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I know. You said trees, he thought woods. He'd be removed from the course going after those balls. The right side of #9 is practically in the middle of the course. No ball is going to get lost in that area.
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How would you like to hit that shot from the right trees up to that green? People who have never been there have no concept of the elevation changes on that course......like that hole, and up the hill on 18, and down on 10 and 2. Also, you can't appreciate the extreme slope on 14 green, the shallowness of the green at 7, etc. I remember the first time I saw 18 green, I was surprised how narrow it was.
 
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4 & 6 have those extreme elevated tees.

Left side of the 10th green used to be a great spot to watch before they moved the patrons way, way back. Did the same thing along the right side of 13 where a lot of tee shots land. 11th also, the ropes used to be right on the edge of the fairway. Now there's a bunch of trees there and the ropes were moved way back. 9 is actually one of the better holes to catch golfers hitting off of the pine needles when they lose shots right. Same perspective sometimes on the right side of 10, but I don't think nearly as many shots end up in those trees compared to the right side of 9. Shots are different though, 10 is downhill, 9 is uphill.

The helicopter traffic was really annoying next to #5 last year.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
4 & 6 have those extreme elevated tees.

Left side of the 10th green used to be a great spot to watch before they moved the patrons way, way back. Did the same thing along the right side of 13 where a lot of tee shots land. 11th also, the ropes used to be right on the edge of the fairway. Now there's a bunch of trees there and the ropes were moved way back. 9 is actually one of the better holes to catch golfers hitting off of the pine needles when they lose shots right. Same perspective sometimes on the right side of 10, but I don't think nearly as many shots end up in those trees compared to the right side of 9. Shots are different though, 10 is downhill, 9 is uphill.

The helicopter traffic was really annoying next to #5 last year.
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I haven't been to Augusta for probably close to 30 years, but I used to go to practice rounds every year, and only to the actual tournament once.

I remember sitting to the right of 10 green, and people not far away getting shelled by second shots. I would sit a little long , toward the back, because you don't see that many shots long AND right. You could walk a few yards up to 15 tee and watch them tee off.

I know that there have been numerous changes since I was there due to the 40 additional yards that they hit the tee shot now, compared to persimmon ( or very early metal) and balata. The carry distance difference is even more.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Four day badge is $325. So if there are 50,000 to 75,000 on the course each day the gate is probably less than $50,000,000 for the full week, Monday thru Sunday. Then they likely at least match that with the gift shops and concessions. VIP packages with access to new facility at the back of the course run in the low 5 figures. If they sell a few thousand of those there's another $25-50,000,000.

So tournament revenue is most likely a little north of $100,000,000 and possibly as much as $200,000,000. Then TV could kick in tens of millions every year, but Augusta limits ads to 4 minutes an hour instead of the normal 15-20 minutes of ads (and station promos) that normally air each hour. CBS spends around $20,000,000 producing the programming, the three big sponsors kick about that much in. So TV could be a wash for CBS and Augusta National.

I'm estimating Augusta National grosses in the low to lower-middle 9 figures every year and nets low to mid 8 figures
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Good post and I would say you are pretty close to what the numbers are.
 
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I've never paid much attention to the par 3 contest before, since no one takes it seriously but that was very enjoyable to watch. It's a good day at the Masters because it allows the players to decompress a little before the onerous journey through the following four days. Fun to see Jack bag an ace, as well.
 
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1972 Grad said:
Thanks. At one time, I seem to remember just 3 or 4 rows underneath the tee on the hillside.
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I can't say for certain I just don't remember seeing any. We had stopped at the concession kinda between 16 & 6 and I looked over and saw the green for 6. The undulation on that one part was insane. You can see people on the hill adjacent to 16 and it runs all the way down to where the 6 tee box is perched and people were on that part of the hill too.
 
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1972 Grad said:
Are there still bleachers between the tee and green on the hillside below the tee, where the players hit over their head?
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No bleachers on 6. It's right next to 16 though and there are lots of bleachers there, but their backs are to #6 and too far down the hill to see the #6 tee.
 
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