Want to be at the Masters next year? It’s easier than you might think

You can play your way to the Masters next year by entering the US Masters Texas Scramble.

Thanks to a little-known Texas Scramble competition for club golfers, you’re only two rounds away from securing a ticket to next year’s Masters at Augusta National.

It sounds almost too good to be true, but we’ve checked it out and you really can play your way to the Masters next year. It’s all thanks to a long-running amateur competition, known as the US Masters Texas Scramble, which is open to anyone who is a member of a golf club in England, Scotland and Wales and holds an official WHS handicap.

Beginning this month, there are 97 Texas Scramble Qualifiers taking place across England, Wales Scotland until September – and the best part is there’s no limit on how many events you can enter.

Every qualifying event for the US Masters Texas Scramble has prizes for the top-four teams, plus on-course competitions for longest drive, nearest the pin, and a par 3 sweep. Now for the good bit.

The team of four (in any combination) with the best strokeplay score over 18 holes from each qualifier will go through to contest one of two National Finals– either at Carus Green, in Cumbria on September 13, or Deer Park in West Lothian on September 28.

Win either and you and your mates will then fly off to Georgia for five nights next April. B&B, car hire and two rounds of golf are included, plus you get tickets to watch the Masters

Of course, you’ll have to get past my team first but that’s beside the point. Entry fees for the qualifiers start from just £20 per person, which could work out as the cheapest Masters ticket in history!

APRIL

Friday 18th: Fairmont St Andrews | Fife, Scotland
Saturday 19th: Glengorse | Leicestershire, England
Sunday 20th: Strathmore | Perthshire, Scotland
Sunday 20th: Harburn | West Lothian, Scotland
Saturday 26th: Deer Park | West Lothian, Scotland
Sunday 27th: Bamburgh Castle | England

MAY

Saturday 10th: Burntisland | Fife, Scotland
Sunday 11th: Broomieknowe | Edinburgh, Scotland
Friday 16th: Woolley Park | Yorkshire, England
Sunday 18th: Romsey | Hampshire, England
Sunday 18th: Inverurie | Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Wednesday 21st: Radcliffe-on-Trent | Nottinghamshire, England
Saturday 24th: Scarborough South Cliff | Yorkshire, England
Sunday 25th: Pumpherston | West Lothian, Scotland
Sunday 25th: Spey Valley | Highlands, Scotland
Sunday 25th: The Carrick | Loch Lomond, Scotland
Sunday 25th: Pitreavie | Dunfermline, Scotland
Sunday 25th: Bradford | Yorkshire, England
Friday 30th: Tyneside | Newcastle, England

JUNE

Sunday 1st: Rudding Park | Yorkshire, England
Sunday 1st: Elgin | Highlands, Scotland
Friday 6th: Ely City | Cambridgeshire, England
Saturday 7th: West Linton | Borders, Scotland
Sunday 8th: Kirkhill | Glasgow, Scotland
Sunday 8th: Kirriemuir | Angus, Scotland
Sunday 8th: Catterick | Yorkshire, England
Tuesday 10th: Lymm | Cheshire, England
Tuesday 10th: Scarborough North Cliff | Yorkshire, England
Friday 13th: Woodham | County Durham, England
Sunday 15th: Maesdu | Llandudno, Wales
Friday 20th: Tidworth | Wiltshire, England
Sunday 22nd: Londniddry | East Lothian, Scotland
Sunday 22nd: Kirkintilloch | Glasgow, Scotland
Monday 23rd: Rotherham | Yorkshire, England
Friday 27th: Stocksfield | Northumberland, England
Saturday 28th: Middleton Hall | Norfolk, England
Sunday 29th: Buchanan Castle | Stirlingshire, Scotland
Sunday 29th: Ormskirk | Lancashire, England

JULY

Friday 4th: Kirby Muxloe | Leicestershire, England
Sunday 6th: Ratho Park | Edinburgh, Scotland
Sunday 6th: Lenzie | Glasgow, Scotland
Sunday 6th: Muckhart | Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Wednesday 9th: Donnington Grove | Berkshire, England
Wednesday 9th: The Kendleshire | Gloucestershire, England
Friday 11th: Cleeve Hill | Gloucestershire, England
Friday 11th: Hexham | Northumberland, England
Sunday 13th: Dumfries & Galloway | Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Sunday 13th: Cawder | Glasgow, Scotland
Monday 14th: Seaton Carrow | Yorkshire & County Durham, England
Tuesday 15th: Hartlepool | County Durham, England
Friday 18th: Creigau | Cardiff, Wales
Saturday 19th: Levin Links | Fife, Scotland
Saturday 19th: Brora | Highlands, Scotland
Sunday 20th: Bishopbriggs | Glasgow, Scotland
Sunday 20th: Erskine | Glasgow, Scotland
Sunday 20th: Spey Valley | Highlands, Scotland
Sunday 20th: Brechin | Angus, Scotland
Wednesday 23rd: Appleby | Cumbria, England
Friday 25th: Carus Green | Cumbria, England
Sunday 27th: Pitlochry | Perthshire, Scotland
Sunday 27th: Carnwath | Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sunday 27th: Ballochmyle | Ayrshire, Scotland
Sunday 27th: High Post | Wiltshire, England
Monday 28th: Lindrick | Yorkshire, England
Thursday 31st: Waterlooville | Hampshire, England

AUGUST

Saturday 2nd: Alyth | Perthshire, Scotland
Sunday 3rd: Ranfurly Castle | Scotland
Sunday 3rd: Southerness | Dunfries-shire
Sunday 3rd: Dunfermline Pitfirrane | Scotland
Sunday 3rd: Kingsknowe | Edinburgh, Scotland
Sunday 3rd: Brampton | Cumbria, England
Thursday 7th: Blundells Hill | Liverpool, England
Saturday 9th: Ballumbie | Dundee, Scotland
Saturday 9th: Whitby | Yorkshire, England
Sunday 10th: Nuneaton | Warwickshire, England
Wednesday 13th: Isle of Purbeck | Dorset, England
Saturday 16th: Nairn | Highlands, Scotland
Saturday 16th: Inverallochy | Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sunday 17th: Moray Old | Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sunday 17th: Dunblane | Perthshire, Scotland
Saturday 23rd: Turnhouse | Edinburgh, Scotland
Saturday 23rd: Peterhead | Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sunday 24th: Cruden Bay | Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sunday 24th: Milngavie | Glasgow, Scotland
Sunday 24th: Bathgate | West Lothian, Scotland
Saturday 30th: Newmachar | Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sunday 31st: Scotscraig | Fife, Scotland

SEPTEMBER

Sunday 7th: Downfield | Dundee, Scotland
Sunday 7th: Largs | Ayrshire, Scotland
Saturday 13th: Auchterarder | Perthshire, Scotland
Sunday 14th: Nairn Dunbar | Highlands, Scotland
Sunday 14th: Deeside | Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sunday 14th: East Ren | Renfrewshire, Scotland
Sunday 21st: Lanark | Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sunday 21st: Mar Hall | Glasgow, Scotland
Sunday 21st: Baberton | Edinburgh, Scotland

NATIONAL FINALS

Saturday 13th September: Carus Green | Cumbria, England
Sunday 28th September: Deer Park | West Lothian Scotland