The Masters week is officially underway, which means approximately 90,000 patrons are set to descend upon Augusta National Golf Club over the next six days. Although the gift shop will be fully stocked with all kinds of polo shirts, bucket hats and gnomes, the real ones know to hit Goodwill .
There is an abundance of pre-owned merchandise that has accumulated over the years and it sells for pennies on the dollar compared to the new items coming straight off of the shelves inside the grounds.
Very few logos in sports the world are as iconic or prestigious as the 3D outline of the United States with a flagstick dropped right on top of Augusta, Georgia. It is the logo used by The Masters since the club’s inception in 1934.
Not everybody gets to wear the logo. Official Masters merchandise can only be purchased from one of the merchandise stands at Augusta and it can only be purchased during Masters week. You might not even see every item if you were to spend hours inside the gift shop. It has everything you could imagine…