PGA Tour Ticket Prices.

[Hogan Fan]

Just curious as to what you guys pay for tickets to PGA events.
I just bought 2 badges for the Memorial Tourn (patron badges) $155 ea.
I told my wife my plan was to take my son on Saturday and Sunday to watch Tiger and I was going to sell the Practice round tickets, tickets for Thursday, tickets for Friday as seperate packages on E-Bay to offset my expenses only to find out it's a week long badge, not seperate tickets. (that just softened her up so I could spend the money)
I'm going to take the week off now and take a different buddy each day!

[The Turlock Kid]

  Hogan Fan said:

Just curious as to what you guys pay for tickets to PGA events.

I got my Buick Invitational passes for like $28 per ticket.

[Hogan Fan]

Hey Kid is that for one round I hope?
The memorial dosen't give an option for buying tickets for one round. You have to buy a badge for the entire week.

[The Turlock Kid]

  Hogan Fan said:

Hey Kid is that for one round I hope?

Yeah one round only. I did get a week pass, but it was free, since my father worked for General Motors. Even got to chill in the hospitality room/box seat on the 18th with catered food and beautiful hostesses! I tell you, there's no better way to go than that!

Torrey Pines is nice enough that even if you go to just one round, you still have the beach, the Torrey Pines "forest", and everything else San Diego has to offer! (sorry, shameless plug for San Diego - maybe I should show this to their tourism board and see if I could get some $$$?) :)

[ipark1303]

Sorry for diverting from the main topic... but don't you think that prices are becoming more and more expensive???

[Hogan Fan]

I thought $155 for a week badge at the Memorial was steep at first, but I paid $110 ea for three tickets to the Bengals/Patriots game this year.
When you break it down, my tickets for the Memorial is for Mon-Wed practice rounds and all 4 days of the tournament - 155 divided by 7 days of golf = $22.14 per day.
Pretty good deal, I'll be going every year now!

[BritBoy]

We dont have any PGA tour events here in Idaho But do have the Albertsons Boise Open on the Nationwide tour. I go every year and it runs around $20 day for tickets

[Chas]

  ipark1303 said:

Sorry for diverting from the main topic... but don't you think that prices are becoming more and more expensive???

I can't answer that one, but I will say that PGA event tickets have got to be the best value in sport by far. I've been going to the Buick Invitational every year for a few years now (see you at my hangout between the 14th green and the par 3 11th, Kid). $28 for a whole day of fun, excitement and education learning .... what can be better value than that?

Then you play the same course yourself a few weeks later and get to compare ....... OUCH!

[BigAl5150]

I think I paid around $20-25 (practiced rounds) and $40 for tournament days at the last two PGA Championships (2002,2004) I attended. I think that it quite reasonable (as opposed to the five dollar hot dog and seven dollar beer).

[iacas]

  Bigal5150 said:

I think I paid around $20-25 (practiced rounds) and $40 for tournament days at the last two PGA Championships (2002,2004) I attended. I think that it quite reasonable (as opposed to the five dollar hot dog and seven dollar beer).

And my U.S. Open tickets for this coming year were like... $375 apiece. Eeek!

[Hogan Fan]

  iacas said:

And my U.S. Open tickets for this coming year were like... $375 apiece. Eeek!

Iacas, is that for the entire week, practice rounds and tourny?

My Memorial tickets were $155 ea, gets me in all 7 days.

[iacas]

  Hogan Fan said:

Iacas, is that for the entire week, practice rounds and tourny?

Yeah.

And I've been to The Memorial, too, as you may know from seeing the pictures.

[BenHoganForever]

Hi Guys, From which website/s are you purchasing your PGA Tour Tickets from???...

[mybloodinvt]

went to the phoenix open a few years back, comped tickets and free passes to the hospitality tent, too. nothing like being in the business.

[Hogan Fan]

  BenHoganForever said:

Hi Guys, From which website/s are you purchasing your PGA Tour Tickets from???...

OMG another Hogan Fan! Welcome aboard, always room for someone who likes Ben Hogan!

I purchased my Memorial tickets from their site. It looks like I got a great deal from the responses here. I can't wait to go!

[allin]

  Bigal5150 said:

I think I paid around $20-25 (practiced rounds) and $40 for tournament days at the last two PGA Championships (2002,2004) I attended. I think that it quite reasonable (as opposed to the five dollar hot dog and seven dollar beer).

I hear you on the food and keepsakes prices, wow, often you can get discounted tickets through the title sponsor if you know someone who works for them. Some tournaments price tickets for grounds passes differently from ones that have access to special areas. Sometims called clubhouse passes allthought you don't normally actually have access to the clubhouse for security reasons, and obviously there are a lot of people that are busy in there. I have worked as a volunteer and we didn't even have access, they set up a separate tent for our reporting and R&R; area.