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Dan Ingham will attend tournament in April with wife and friends after decades of rejection emails(Courtesy Photo)<\/p>\nWACO, Texas (KWTX) – A Waco man will attend The Masters golf tournament next month after winning the lottery on his 20th attempt.<\/p>\n
Dan Ingham, senior vice president of marketing and communications at The First National Bank of Central Texas, applied for Masters tickets in spring 2025 and received an email in July notifying him he was selected. He received four tickets to the tournament.<\/p>\n
Dan Ingham will attend tournament in April with wife and friends after decades of rejection emails(Courtesy Photo)<\/p>\n
An estimated 2 million people enter the Masters ticket lottery each year, putting the chances of being selected at less than 1 percent.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor about two decades, every single year, I think around June or so I get an email saying, \u2018thanks for trying, Mr. Ingham, you don\u2019t get a ticket this year,\u201d Ingham said. \u201cBut this past summer, I finally got one that said \u2018congratulations you\u2019re going to the Masters and to be honest I kind of thought it was fake. I thought maybe it was spam email or something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ingham confirmed the email was legitimate. He will attend the tournament with his wife Julie and another couple.<\/p>\n
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Dan Ingham will attend tournament in April with wife and friends after decades of rejection emails(Courtesy Photo)<\/p>\n
Lifelong dream for sports fan<\/p>\n
Ingham worked as a sports anchor at KWTX-TV from 2003 to 2015 and is a lifelong sports and golf fan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Masters has always been my favorite golf major and for the last 20 years or so I\u2019ve tried to get a chance to go to that,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a lifelong dream. I\u2019d always told my wife, Julie, \u2018if we ever get it, we\u2019re going\u2019 and she agreed and it\u2019s going to be a blast.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ingham said friends who have attended the tournament describe it as the Disneyland of golf.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything is perfect, you have a blast when you\u2019re there,\u201d he said. \u201cThe customer service is amazing and oh by the way the best golfers in the world are there. So, it\u2019s a dream come true and I\u2019m glad I finally got that email last spring that said \u2018Dan you\u2019re going to the Masters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lottery process<\/p>\n
The Masters lottery process requires applicants to create an account on the official Masters website and apply for practice round and tournament round tickets during the lottery period. A random drawing determines who receives tickets.<\/p>\n
Selected applicants have a limited time to purchase their allocated tickets. The tournament has strict rules against selling or transferring tickets.<\/p>\n
Ingham will attend a practice round on Tuesday April 7.<\/p>\n
Dan is a former sports anchor and morning news anchor at KWTX. <\/p>\n
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