Passes to The Masters golf tournament are among the most exclusive and cherished tickets in sports.
GolfWeek‘s Adam Schupak asked some golfers recently, “What’s the strangest request you’ve received pertaining to the Masters?” While most of the answers had some humor to them (“I’ll take the fifth on that,” Jack Nicklaus responded), Jordan Spieth’s answer was a bit disturbing.
“When I moved houses in 2015, I left a few things in a safe like my high school ring,” Spieth said (via GolfWeek). “He said he’ll return them if and only if I’d go over to their house for dinner and he could have Masters badges for the week. I was like, no, think you should just return it because it was the right thing to do.
“I think what ended up happening is I said, ‘Yeah, we’ll figure out a time to get together, could my mom just pick it up because I was out of town.’ She did and I just haven’t done anything. The guy is pretty upset. He’s left a note at our gate.'”
Frankly, that’s a pretty bold move trying to, for lack of a better word, “extort” Masters passes out of Spieth.
Spieth, the 2015 Masters champion, is listed at 14-1 odds of winning on Caesars Sportsbook heading into this year’s tournament that tees off Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club. The 2022 Masters champion, Scottie Scheffler, is listed as the favorite at 13-2, followed by Rory McIlroy (15-2), Jon Rahm (8-1), and Spieth and Cameron Smith at 14-1.
[GolfWeek]
