A traditional unlike any other! Hello friends, I'm Young Horn, and I will be providing you with the top 10 food items, and best merch to buy while at Augusta National for the Masters. May cream my jeans just thinking about it. As a 4 time spectator of what I like to consider "Heaven", and no I am not talking about Hooters down the road from the grounds of the course. Although, I do miss drinking beers and putting against John Daly. Hot take, Hooters wings suck, but Tits are sickkkkkkk. Anyway here are my top 10 food Items to gets while walking around Augusta National.
10. Grilled Chicken Wrap
Almost everywhere it’s found, the chicken wrap has a reputation for being a bland and starchy vehicle for whatever condiments you slather on it. Augusta’s version deserves that rap.
9. Ham & Cheese on Rye
My grandma went to the Masters, and all she got was a so-so sandwich that she could have picked up at her corner deli.
8. Turkey & Cheese on Wheat
The sort of sandwich you order when your favorites are sold out.
7. Masters Club
At a club known for making its own rules, this item breaks from club-sandwich conventions. It’s not a toasted triple-decker, split into quarters and secured by toothpicks, but a standard-looking assemblage of sliced ham, turkey and cheese on a hamburger-style bun. Neither bad nor good, it tastes exactly as we’ve made it sound.
6. Bar-B-Que
Now we’re finally getting somewhere. A pulled pork sandwich, steeped in tangy sauce and reflective of the flavors of the region. If it’s not the finest bbq you’ve ever tasted, at least it has a sense of place.
5. Pimento Cheese
Is this nectar of the gods, or glorified window caulking? Pimento cheese is a polarizing sandwich. But by virtue of its cultural significance alone, we’ve bumped it up a few spots in our ranking.
5. Egg Salad
Like a tee shot on a long par-5, it’s best with a lot of mustard. No, thats not a typo.
4. Chicken Salad on Brioche
Rookies don’t tend to fare well at the Masters. But when it debuted at the tournament in 2021, this simple, satisfying item shot straight up the leader … er … sandwich board.
3. Classic Chicken Sandwich
A fried chicken cutlet sandwich is like a round of golf: even on a bad day it’s still darned good.
2. Peach Ice Cream Sandwich
The sweet, alluring essence of a ripe Georgia peach, squeezed between two sugar cookies. That’s right. The best sandwich at the Masters is a dessert.
1. Miller Lite
Never mind, there is no better economic deal in the world than a $5 miller lite in a green Masters Cup. Stacking your cups to keep track of how many beers you've drank, like a 19 year old college student in the bleachers of Wrigly.
Onto the merch!
Up first, Masters Lanyard: $6.00.
I am a memorabilia nerd, and its just the first thing to grab when you walk in the merch tent. I treat the merch tent as if I may never make it back to Augusta, get the Lanyard and protect your ticket.
Masters ball markers: $10 Individually/$20 4pack
Perfect for the boys you got on a golf trip with, anyone you play with often, but may not be best friends with, just toss them one of these bad boys.
The Masters Coffee Mug: $15
Mothers, wives, girlfriends, hot teacher, your neighbors wife, any woman you are trying to make love too. Get her a mug.
Masters Tech Rain Jacket: $130
Did not look at the weather last year and copped one of these, super comfortable, looks dope, and if you know the golf gear scene, that’s cheap!
Green Masters Beer Cups: Free
Call me cheap, rinse the cups out and throw them in a merch bag. Bring them home, perfect to drink more beers out of the next year when you're not at the course.
Masters Q-Zip: $110
Had to get a quarter zip, even though I need another one like I need a hole in my head. Built for those 50 degree rounds.
And finally. The only item that gets Masters Patrons nearly fighting with each other. The annual gnome! I don’t even know why I bought this. I just saw everyone trying to get one and I reacted to the mob lol. $49.50. As a former sneakerhead/resale artist. These guy for big money on the dark web. Golf fans are weird.
