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AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Masters offers a great blend of a step back in time while also keeping up with the latest trends.
There are no phones allowed on property and its manually operated scoreboards are a throwback to another era. At the same time, the Masters offers the most cutting-edge app in all of golf, if not sports.
The same can be said for the gear at the Masters Merchandise Shop, where Gnome-mania is a thing. In the club’s pro shop, a set of 10 commemorative miniature versions of the Gnomes for the 10th anniversary of the much-sought-after item is being sold for $1500. Demand is so high that customers are allowed to purchase only one, which retails for $49.95, and rumors are floating that this will be the final year that the item will be sold. Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Fred Ridley was asked about the future of the Gnomes, which have been sold for 10 years and are fetching a pretty penny on eBay and other trading sites.
“No. 1, the question is not trivial,” Ridley said. “No. 2, I've been asking that question for several years, and they won't tell me the answer. So, I can't help you.”
But the Gnome may have some competition this year for hardest-to-get item. That's because for the first time, the Masters is selling a mahjong set. The tile game’s popularity has exploded since the pandemic and has escaped its reputation as a pastime for Asian elders and Jewish grandmothers, “thanks to a societal embrace of nostalgia and a hunger for real-world connections,” the San Francisco Standard reports.
The Masters is in touch with the Zeitgeist and introduced the mahjong set this year exclusively at Berckmans Place, the high-end hospitality experience at the Masters, and it doesn’t come cheap. It is sold as a three-part purchase: $395 for the tiles, $100 for the mat and $80 for the bag to carry it all in. But demand has outpaced supply and the $575 retail price already is being offered for $7,500 on eBay. Grab them while you can!
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Masters mahjong set in high demand
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There are no phones allowed on property and its manually operated scoreboards are a throwback to another era. At the same time, the Masters offers the most cutting-edge app in all of golf, if not sports.
The same can be said for the gear at the Masters Merchandise Shop, where Gnome-mania is a thing. In the club’s pro shop, a set of 10 commemorative miniature versions of the Gnomes for the 10th anniversary of the much-sought-after item is being sold for $1500. Demand is so high that customers are allowed to purchase only one, which retails for $49.95, and rumors are floating that this will be the final year that the item will be sold. Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Fred Ridley was asked about the future of the Gnomes, which have been sold for 10 years and are fetching a pretty penny on eBay and other trading sites.
“No. 1, the question is not trivial,” Ridley said. “No. 2, I've been asking that question for several years, and they won't tell me the answer. So, I can't help you.”
But the Gnome may have some competition this year for hardest-to-get item. That's because for the first time, the Masters is selling a mahjong set. The tile game’s popularity has exploded since the pandemic and has escaped its reputation as a pastime for Asian elders and Jewish grandmothers, “thanks to a societal embrace of nostalgia and a hunger for real-world connections,” the San Francisco Standard reports.
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The Masters is in touch with the Zeitgeist and introduced the mahjong set this year exclusively at Berckmans Place, the high-end hospitality experience at the Masters, and it doesn’t come cheap. It is sold as a three-part purchase: $395 for the tiles, $100 for the mat and $80 for the bag to carry it all in. But demand has outpaced supply and the $575 retail price already is being offered for $7,500 on eBay. Grab them while you can!
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Masters mahjong set in high demand
Continue reading...
