it costs between $10,000 and $30,000 for membership at augusta national.
it costs between $10,000 and $30,000 for membership at augusta national.
how much does it cost for membership at augusta national?
between $10,000 and $30,000
augusta national golf club has about 300 members at any given time. membership is strictly by invitation: there is no application process. in 2004, "usa today" published a list of all the current members. membership is believed to cost between $10,000 and $30,000 and annual dues were estimated in 2009 to be less than $10,000 per year. club members are sometimes referred to as "green jackets."
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the current masters champion is the only owner of a green jacket permitted to remove it from the grounds of augusta national, and only for a period of one year. before this time limit was in place, the jacket of a few long-past masters champions had been sold, after their deaths, to collectors. consequently, the members of augusta national have gone to great lengths to secure the remaining examples. now, two jackets remain outside the grounds of augusta national with the club's permission. when gary player first won the masters in 1961, he brought his jacket home to south africa. for years the board insisted that player return the jacket but player kept "forgetting" or coming up with humorous creative excuses why he did not return the jacket. after becoming something of a running joke, augusta national's members allowed him to keep it, where it is on display in his personal museum. the second jacket belongs to 1938 champion henry picard. before the traditions surrounding one of golf's greatest awards were well established, the jacket was removed by picard from augusta national. it is now currently on display in the "picard lounge" at canterbury golf club in beachwood, ohio. along with snead, the nine previous winners were also awarded green jackets in 1949, and these became known as the "original ten" jackets.
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