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Story summary
- The 2026 Masters Tournament has intensified restrictions on ticket resales, as Augusta National Golf Club enforces a no-resale policy.
- The policy has sharply reduced the secondary market, with platforms such as SeatGeek choosing not to list tickets.
- Patrons arriving are questioned about badge origins, and some face potential lifetime bans for resale-related incidents.
- Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tracking enables closer monitoring of tickets, tightening access and fueling an underground resale market.
