Gold mud Masters tickets get even more durable for followers to purchase after Augusta crackdown
Golf fans hoping to attend this year’s Masters have an even tougher task on their hands to secure tickets after a top marketplace removed listings from its website.
One year after the sport’s most prestigious competition began a crackdown on resellers, SeatGeek has stopped offering tickets just under three months out from the 2026 tournament.
SeatGeek – a mobile-focused platform which allows users to buy and sell tickets for sports, concerts and theater events – has no listings available under its Masters page, Front Office Sports was first to report.
Instead, that section on the site simply provides the message: ‘Bummer! There aren’t any events’.
An insider reportedly confirmed that SeatGeek’s move is a response to the Augusta National Golf Club tightening restrictions on resold tickets, as well as the on-site operational lift required to support Masters badges.
All tickets at the tournament are physical badges – such as lanyards or paper passes – that are distributed by Augusta National, with strict rules on reselling them only reenforced last year.
Golf fans have an even tougher task on their hands to secure tickets to the Masters this year
The prestigious tournament, won last year by Rory McIlroy, is cracking down on resellers
‘As a reminder, Augusta National, Inc. is the only authorized of Masters Tickets,’ the Masters website reads. ‘The resale of any Masters Ticket is strictly prohibited.
‘Holders of Tickets acquired from third parties, by whatever means, may be excluded from attendance to the Tournament.’
In a post shared on X by ticket insider Scott Friedman, a SeatGeek update about the Masters sent to sellers reads: ‘SeatGeek will not be selling tournament badges or practice round tickets for the 2026 Masters, and be on site for the event.
‘We appreciate your support as a seller on SeatGeek and will reassess our approach for the 2027 Masters at a later date.’
Other resale platforms are still offering 2026 Masters tickets, nevertheless, including Stubhub.
Yet SeatGeek’s competitors claim to only have one percent of tickets remaining, while another rival, Vivid Seats, say they have fewer than 10 listings left at the time of writing.
Resale prices on those sites range from $2,000 for the practice rounds to as much as $15,000 for competition days.
TickPick is also selling a four-day pass for this year’s tournament for a staggering $20,000.
Exchange platform SeatGeek has stopped selling tickets for the 2026 competition in Augusta
According to Front Office Sports, hundreds of ticket holders were pulled aside by Augusta National representatives at the 2025 tournament and grilled about where they acquired them and whether they had a direct connection to the original holder.
A number of ticket holders are believed to have had weekend passes voided on the spot.
Any fans lucky enough to buy tickets directly through Augusta National will have to part with a bigger sum than ever before in 2026.
Passes for Thursday through Sunday are priced at $160 each, up from $140 last year, while Wednesday’s practice-round tickets cost $150 and Monday and Tuesday’s are available for $125, up from $100 for all practice-round tickets in 2025.
