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No golf tournament in the world runs as tight a ship as The Masters. The legendary tournament is famed for its strict and well-enforced rules regarding its brand and everything that takes place at Augusta National Golf Club.
One of the most notable rules surrounding the event is its zero-tolerance “no-phone” policy, which even applies to former Masters champions on the premises.
However, because the rule is widely known, scam artists have begun to take advantage of the fact that patrons do not have their phones on them by attempting to con their spouses out of large sums of money.
How does the scam work? Well, it looks a little something like this this.
Phone Scam At The Masters Has Augusta Police Department Loaded With Calls
Gemini COO Marshall Beard first shared news of the scam on his X account during the tournament. He posted a picture that showed a discussion between he and a friend who was attending the event.
The friend’s wife seemingly received a voicemail from someone claiming to be an officer with the Augusta Police Department. The “officer” then claimed that he had the woman’s husband, whose name they had somehow found, in police custody and asked the woman to call back.
Wife’s friend just got this voicemail. Masters scam. Pretty crazy pic.twitter.com/utLphCONNu
— Marshall Beard (@beardmars) April 11, 2026
If the target of the scam does call back, the scammers then ask for money to bail the “detainee” out of jail.
However, most recipients have either ignored the call or, in this case, called the Augusta Police Department directly. Augusta PD told the woman about the scam and stated that it had received hundreds of calls over the weekend pertaining to the same thing.
Is it the most well-thought-out scam in the world? Clearly not. But it’s clearly serious enough that a number of spouses are following through. And it’s just another thing Augusta National will have to deal with in years to come.