Augusta National has the space to set up an on-campus rapid testing facility if necessaryThe Masters
The Masters is scheduled to take place in November at Augusta National, but ticket holders "have not been contacted by the club asking whether they plan to travel and attend, much less anything regarding rain checks or refunds," according to Scott Michaux of the GLOBAL GOLF POST. The '21 ticket lottery was "conducted on schedule, but anyone who enters typically is not notified with acceptance or rejection until September." That seems to give the club a "little more time to make decisions." Rumors being bandied about by anyone with connection to the club are that the Masters folks are "considering as many as seven different contingency plans ranging from cancellation or a fan-free staging to all-in attendance." Augusta National "certainly has the financial means and clout to ensure anyone who enters the property has been screened or even tested." They have the space to "set up an on-campus rapid testing facility if necessary, but it would be on [a] scale larger than anything else being done to date with a tournament that in normal times attracts more than a quarter million people for the week." If the estimated 50,000 patrons who attend each practice round is "too much to handle, they could offer them all refunds or rain checks to come back five months later for the 2021 Masters." As for tournament-round patrons, most of whom have annual weekly badges, the club "could certainly impose restrictions including not sharing badges" (GLOBAL GOLF POST, 7/25).
