Augusta National Planning For Masters With Patrons

The club plans to invite a limited number of patrons for The Masters in April

Augusta National Planning For Masters With Patrons
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The club plans to invite a limited number of patrons for The Masters in April, with the Augusta National Women's Amateur also set to return

Augusta National Planning For Masters With Patrons

Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley says he intends to host The Masters in April with a limited number of patrons.

“Following the successful conduct of the Masters Tournament last November with only essential personnel, we are confident in our ability to responsibly invite a limited number of patrons to Augusta National in April,” Ridley said.

“As with the November Masters, we will implement practices and policies that will protect the health and safety of everyone in attendance.

"Nothing is, or will be, more important than the well-being of all involved.

"While we are disappointed that we will be unable to accommodate a full complement of patrons this year, we will continue our efforts to ensure that all who purchased tickets from Augusta National will have access in 2022, provided conditions improve.”

The club also announced that the hugely successful Augusta National Women's Amateur will return, as will the Drive, Chip and Putt championship.

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Both events are also planned to feature a limited number of spectators.

The 2020 Masters was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the tournament eventually taking place in November.

The tournament went ahead without patrons on-site, with World No.1 Dustin Johnson winning his first Green Jacket and second Major.

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It was one of three men's Majors last year after The Open Championship at Royal St George's was cancelled.

Both the PGA Championship and US Open were postponed until the autumn and also went ahead without fans on-site.

It remains to be seen whether any of the other Majors in 2021 will feature spectators.

It is set to be a huge year ahead with the Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup and Olympics all in the schedule.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV