Masters 2012: Dog Eats Masters Tickets But Ticket Office Comes By way of
Kamis, 05 April 2012 by Android Blackberry
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A Masters ticket is one of the most very valued in sports. Possible patrons are prepared to spend a steep fee to acquire inside the gates of Augusta National - usually within the form of revenue.
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| Spectators leave Augusta National Golf Course after play was suspended because of inclement weather during the par 3 competition at the Masters golf tournament Wednesday, April 4, 2012. |
For one particular Seattle man, even so, it was a unique cost.
Russ Berkman won an online lottery for four tickets for the Wednesday practice round at Augusta National. Envision his shock when he had returned house from a shopping trip on Saturday night to locate his Swiss Mountain dog, Sierra, had devoured the four tickets.
“When I walked within the house, I noticed there was a few strings on my hard wood floors that appeared to become the strings on my Masters tickets,” Berkman stated in an interview on radio station KJR.
Desperate to prevent canceling a trip and disappointing his close friends, Berkman known as his girlfriend, who was in Hawaii for triathlon. She suggested Berkman force the dog to vomit. He did by feeding Sierra some hydrogen peroxide - an approach he knew could be safe and work in about 10 minutes.
When Sierra threw up, she coughed up many of the remains on the four tickets, which Berkman collected by sifting through the vomit. He bagged the around 80 pieces representing 70 percent in the actual ticket paper, and after that attempted to connect them as finest he could.
On Monday morning, Berkman contacted Augusta National from Myrtle Beach - where he had intended to play a few rounds as a precursor to the Masters.
“First, they said, 'Are you serious?!,'” Berkman explained.
After some explanation plus a tiny empathy from an incredulous Masters ticket office, Berkman had four new tickets re-issued.
"Dog eats Masters tickets, owner will nevertheless be at Augusta" by Ryan Ballengee appears courtesy of Golf Channel.
