PGA Tour Ticket Lines
If you're aiming for the green but your club is angled toward the sand trap, you'll hit the sand trap. The same goes for buying PGA Tour tickets by standing in line at Medinah Country Club, Illinois in August 2006. If you're queuing up on August 13, you'll still be searching for your ball in a water hazard. 1-stroke penalty! Get the "drop" on the tickets. A season pass golf ticket package is $300 if you buy directly from the championship golf ticket office. You'll pay $400-$450 for individual practice round golf tickets. Some ticket brokers don't have PGA Tour golf tickets for the 2006 championships, but they do offer Masters golf tickets and Ryder Cup golf tickets. Again, you're aiming toward the sand trap if you want tickets for August. If you can hold out, watch your favorite online golf tickets brokers and grab those tickets early! Don't neglect to keep your club pointed at the target, and don't choke.
Finding LPGA Tickets
You're excited about Michelle Wie, golf prodigy, and Annika Sorenstam. You want LPGA Tour golf tickets as well as PGA Tour golf tickets. But when you go to your ticket broker, you can only find US Open Golf Tickets and Masters golf tickets. Is this a slam against women? Not at all. Your particular ticket broker may not have distaff PGA Tour golf tickets. Ask your broker to notify you when tickets are available--set up an e-mail alert on the Web site. Or you can buy McDonald's LPGA Championship tickets directly from the office in Maryland. You can get a Hall of Fame Season Pass for $70. Bear in mind that brokers have their own gift packages for LPGA golf tickets as well as Masters golf tickers and US Open golf tickets. Keep checking your ticket broker site. If you're nervous that the tour will be sold out, you have reason: The McDonald's Championship is the second biggest tournament and second longest-running tournament in the LPGA. Book early. These girls rock!
2006 US Open Golf Tickets
Golf. It's where the boys and girls are. There's Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie. And the US Open in Mamaroneck, NY, has a killer package, but you better buy now or you won't get a hole-in-one. In general, the US Open is typically sold out and if you're traveling from Seattle to use your US Open Golf Tickets, a package deal may be your best bet. You don't want to miss pro-ams, parties and a guaranteed room for seven nights. The price can run $5,000, but those golf tickets are typically all-inclusive. And if you're booking for 2007, a 3-star golf ticket is $4,300 just in case you're wiped out from buying Masters golf tickets. So book your US Open Golf Tickets now. If you choose a ticket broker for the transaction, you may still be able to get packages at the last minute, but don't count on it. You want to be where the boys and girls are.
Grounds Golf Tickets
You've heard of bleacher creatures in baseball. The grounds guys and gals in golf prefer to frequent the grounds--no hotel packages and VIP entry golf tickets required. Can you get the full PGA Tour experience from grounds-only PGA Tour golf tickets? The short answer is yes, but only if you're willing to set up early before the seven a.m. tee-off time. You may not know the course, which means you'll have to do arrive early and do some scouting, or check out the course online. Some golf course guides will tell you where the best viewing is. This grounds gal remembers jockeying for position with a Grounds badge and squeezing through lines to get a good view of Justin Leonard. If you just enjoy trailing after your favorite players and trying to catch a glimpse, grounds privileges in Masters golf tickets are ideal for you. Just make sure that when you buy your golf ticket through the box office or an online ticket broker, you're getting a good price for grounds privileges. Note that 6-day grounds privileges are half the price of a full clubhouse golf ticket package. Sunday, the big finale, can cost you $1,000. If you still want to do the grounds crawl, put on your sunscreen, get your hat, and leave your worries on your doorstep...especially if your doorstep happens to be on the first tee.
Weather Insurance?
Rain, rain, go away, we want to attend the US Open today! Will your US Open tickets include a rain check? Although the phrase "rain check" originates from baseball, golf games get rained out too. Some ticket brokers will sell you weather insurance, whether you're buying Masters golf tickets, US Open golf tickets, or regular PGA Tour golf tickets. Insurance allows you to recoup your golf ticket loss in the event of rain. However, because all brokers have to answer to the demands of sellers, not all brokers feature weather insurance. Some brokers will attempt to refund at least part of the price you paid to be a VIP. Also, if Justin Leonard plays even one hole and then has to run for cover, the weather insurance is void, rather like you leaving your new XS2 laptop out on the deck before a rainstorm. You'll be out the entire price of your golf tickets. Let's hope you're not drenched. Rain, rain, go away...but in the meaning, investigate weather insurance for your US Open golf tickets.
Senior PGA Tour deals
You can use aging makeup, but if you can't remember who Jack Nicklaus is or recall Chi Chi Rodriguez, forget about that senior discount. In fact, given that the musical act in July 2005 was the Goo Goo Dolls, you may want to buy a golf ticket, senior discount or not. What are the best deals on senior PGA Tour tickets? The advance fee for a Grounds Pass was $85. The challenging TPC course at Dearborn, Michigan, gave Peter Jacobsen more anxious moments than you trying to get the early bird discount (you're young and struggling). That's a bargain deal on championship golf tickets. But what about the 2006 championship? Ticket brokers aren't even selling those in the fall of 2005. You can buy them directly from Oak Tree Golf Club--grounds passes and Trophy Club golf tickets are just $100 apart, which you may not be able to buy when you're young and hungry. Grab a grandparent or parent. Offer to mow the lawn for the rest of your life. Fix the computer--on second thought, your grandpa is a maestro. How do you get great Senior PGA Tour tickets? Respect your elders.
US Open Reserved Seating
You want to avoid the crowds--you're always at the airport eight hours early. So while you're planning your purchase of golf tickets, you wonder if you can buy reserved seating US Open golf tickets. While your broker or Ticketmaster will try to get you the best view of the seventeenth green, in most cases there is no reserved seating for people buying US Open golf tickets. It's typically first come first serve. If you want to plunk your golf-shorts-clad (please, we pray, no plaid) self into a grandstand seat, you don't have to get up while the course is still dark. Get to the course before the earliest tee time and yell "Fore" if you have to push someone out of your preferred seat. Just remember, the ticket broker won't guarantee you a reserved seat, so you may have a bigger shootout than Tiger Woods and Fuzzy Zoeller. Don't hang around the airport afterwards--even with security checkpoints, you still have time to enjoy the Sunday night celebrations of the greatest game ever played.
US Open Hospitality Tickets
A little Gatorade, a cooler and an umbrella, as well as sturdy walking shoes. That's all you need to enjoy the 2006 US Open, right? Wrong. With concession fees off the scale (maybe thanks to player endorsements?), you don't want to wait in line for a $6.00 hot dog. Hospitality US Open tickets, like hospitality Masters tickets and PGA Tour tickets, are just what the avid golfer needs. You can get cold poached salmon and Caesar salad in hospitality tents as well as the more traditional chips, pretzels, hamburgers and hot dogs. Don't forget the beer and iced tea! Your golf ticket broker will typically strive to find you hospitality badges even with sold-out tournaments. We especially recommend buying access to the hospitality tent if you're walking the grounds from six a.m. to six p.m. Besides, you didn't want to lug that cooler around anyway--it gets in the way when you're getting Tiger's autograph.