Meet the Augusta faithful

We asked the masses the following questions, and most of them answered:

Name State How many Masters have you been to? How did you get your tickets? Favourite memory over the years? Handicap Tip for the title

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Charles' son won tickets in a raffle for life as long as he keeps paying for them! He won aged 43 and has four tickets for as long as he wants something Dad is very pleased about.

Jenni's 86-year-old mother has been coming for 45 years thanks to that mailing list but has now passed on the tickets to her children. Jenni has come every year since 1972.

A friend who has had tickets for 30 years can't make it this year so there are here all four days.

Tip for the title: Ernie Els it's going to be his year.

A friend who has life-time tickets had some spares for the first day's action.

Don't play golf.

It's been impossible for us to get tickets but a friend of ours from work finally got us some!

Tip for the title: wait until Saturday and then I'll tell you.

In July 2023, Neil became just the 9th editor in Golf Monthly's 112-year history. Originally working with the best coaches in the UK to produce instruction content, he went on to become a feature writer interviewing many of the biggest names in the game including Tiger Woods, Seve Ballesteros, Rory McIlroy and Arnold Palmer.

A 5-handicap golfer, Neil is a club member who takes a keen interest in the health of the game at grassroots level. You’ll often now find him writing about club-related issues such as WHS, membership retention and how best to bridge the gap between the range and the course.