Ryder Cup 2020 Ticket Selection

[Iain]

Sitting here in the UK and my guy has only just moved! If am honest this system of purchasing tickets is a joke. It could take up to 8 hours at this rate for me to get to the end and I entered the lobby just after the time prescribed. God help those that entered after the cut off time as they have no chance. Just my thoughts as a European spectator. Very disappointing way of allocating tickets.

[Tjgje]

Slow process for me too. Less than 20% there after 45 minutes.

[Mark Lewis]

11:47  "match day sold out"

[FLmagic]

37 minutes ago, Martin Morrill said:

Anyone get tickets yet?  All I see is a red skeleton walking to nowhere.

Only weekly and practice remain.  I was in at 10am edt too.  My little dude is not even a fifth of the way across.

[briannenaudi]

"Match Day" apparently includes Saturday too. 

"Weekly packages and Practice Day tickets remain available."

[mscott1271]

My guy made it all the way through, so got in at 11:50AM.  All match day tix gone, only practice left.  Oh well!

 

[Martin Morrill]

Match Day tickets are sold out.... bummer

 

[Tjgje]

Yep, got the same message. Did anyone here get tickets?

[FLmagic]

No tickets yet.  Mins still says weekly and practice are available.

 

[Iain]

Unbelievable. As a person that does systems analysis on a daily basis and runs algorithms to ensure the most equitable outcomes for everyone the PGA have a lot of questions to answer too.

[tonybrown32]

Match days and week long passes are sold out... only practice still available

[Maxwell blue]

44 minutes ago, Martin Morrill said:

Anyone get tickets yet?  All I see is a red skeleton walking to nowhere.

Same here. Still waiting

 Not optimistic

[Maxwell blue]

1 minute ago, tonybrown32 said:

Match days and week long passes are sold out... only practice still available

Still says weekly packages are available

[Iain]

Guys this is such a sorry state of affairs. My concern is where are these tickets being distributed? As avid golfers/fans we have been given a raw deal in this process. The touts/hospitality arena will make a fortune!

[WeArePSUGolfer]

I'm still in line, this is crazy.

Did the Ryder Cup sell out this quickly last time it was in the US?

This is giving me flashbacks of trying to get Phish tickets!!

[Maxwell blue]

Looks like a ripoff. Just giving the regular guy hope with no  intention of seeing it through

[Maxwell blue]

I'm still hanging on.Says weeklong passes available. How does it not on yours?

[WeArePSUGolfer]

Just got in, only single practice day tix available.

[Iain]

When the Ryder Cup was at Le Golf National two years ago the allocation of tickets was much smoother and decidedly quicker than this. Am still just under half way of my walking skeleton.

[sdpadres]

Got two tickets for Saturday and two for Sunday.  Was in the waiting line for about 7 minutes. 

Edited October 16, 2019 by sdpadres

[briannenaudi]

I finally "got in". It said practice round tickets were available but every time I tried to add them it then said they were sold out. 

[Golfspy_CG2]

1 hour ago, Iain said:

Guys this is such a sorry state of affairs. My concern is where are these tickets being distributed? As avid golfers/fans we have been given a raw deal in this process. The touts/hospitality arena will make a fortune!

A vast majority go tot ticket and travel brokers to be sold in packages.   I bet the actual amount that is sold to the general public is very small.   In this way the USGA has it all over the PGA of America,  they give actual everyday golf fans a chance to get tickets.

Anyway, my guy is only about halfway there, the 8th block.  I had to leave right after 11:00 for a meeting and didnt' get back until about 45 minutes ago. 

 

[Iain]

7 minutes ago, Golfspy_CG2 said:

A vast majority go tot ticket and travel brokers to be sold in packages.   I bet the actual amount that is sold to the general public is very small.   In this way the USGA has it all over the PGA of America,  they give actual everyday golf fans a chance to get tickets.

Anyway, my guy is only about halfway there, the 8th block.  I had to leave right after 11:00 for a meeting and didnt' get back until about 45 minutes ago. 

 

Gutted waited all this time and even practice days are sold out. USGA and PGA have so much to answer for with this system they put in place. Four hours of waiting and nothing other the touts and brokers making a killing on ticket prices.

[RALFF2]

Really frustrating...  Pretty much everyone received the "congrats - you're in the lottery" email, but very few were able to get tickets.  It's already making the local news in Milwaukee.

[GMW1973]

Absolutely agree. An absolute farce. I was in within about 40 minutes and all bar practice days were sold out. Coming from the UK that was of no interest. It really annoys me these so called fans buying tickets to immediately sell the lm for profit on Stubhub etc... 

[Iain]

Disgusted is my view and a total disgrace in the way the PGA has handled this. My interest was to have a FAIR opportunity of purchasing tickets for next year. This has not happened and to state that if you have registered and then subsequently received “a congratulations email” then to be notified this week that you need to login at the appropriate time of the website opening only to be told, it will be “a randomly selected place in the line” stinks. 

[Golfspy_CG2]

3 minutes ago, Iain said:

Disgusted is my view and a total disgrace in the way the PGA has handled this. My interest was to have a FAIR opportunity of purchasing tickets for next year. This has not happened and to state that if you have registered and then subsequently received “a congratulations email” then to be notified this week that you need to login at the appropriate time of the website opening only to be told, it will be “a randomly selected place in the line” stinks. 

Pretty sure everything around the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup is seen as nothing but a money grab for the PGA of America.  Really a shame in trying to grow the game.  I'll see Suzy Whaley at the PGA Show, if she's not surrounded by security, I'll be sure and let her know the feelings of the general public.

BTW, when my little man finally got into the room, only Tue-Thurs practice available as well.   

[Iain]

2 minutes ago, Golfspy_CG2 said:

Pretty sure everything around the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup is seen as nothing but a money grab for the PGA of America.  Really a shame in trying to grow the game.  I'll see Suzy Whaley at the PGA Show, if she's not surrounded by security, I'll be sure and let her know the feelings of the general public.

BTW, when my little man finally got into the room, only Tue-Thurs practice available as well.   

Golfspy-CG2. What I have failed to mention in my previous comments is that I will be there next year, as I took the opportunity of being selected as a volunteer. Yes it costs $250 plus my flight and accommodation whilst there and will personally cost me a lot of money. However, also as a back up I registered for the “lottery” to buy tickets. On obtaining this “congrats” email this week and being able to possibly purchase either a practice round/match day ticket/s, for my best friend in Chicago I might add, stinks of corporate greed. The whole system has failed for us golfers and fans and who is making the money out of this?

[bens197]

PGA of America lives and dies by “us first” disguised by “let’s grow the game.”

Years ago they launched the free lesson program...use their website to search for a local PGA Professional who would offer a free 30 minute lesson.

These are guys who barely make a decent living who have to sacrifice their own time without any compensation from the PGA.

Rather than compensate their members for their time, the PGA was pimping out their members for their own benefit. Locally, the two PGA professionals that were voluntold to participate gave a combined 22 lessons with a 0% retention rate.

These guys charged $50/half hour at the time and gave away $1100 of their own money for nothing.

It comes as no surprise that the PGA would demonstrate this level of deceptive incompetence.


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[fixyurdivot]

I sure hope any who purchased tickets checked pricing and availability of lodging. As I mentioned previously, my findings made up my decision to forgo what, by all accounts thus far, is a steaming pile of a process for Ryder Cup tickets.  And they say the game of golf is dying... .