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The National Golf Club Augusta has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to reshape the landscape around its vegetable route. The club, which houses the Prestigious masters tournamentbought and bulldozer most of the districts surrounding its famous green fairways, replacing the houses with tentacular parking lots and a virgin landscaping. But a house is still held, an obstinate holdout in a sea of green.
Elizabeth Thacker, who will be 93 years old this year, refuses to sell his house at 1112 Stanley Road despite years of lucrative offers from Augusta National.
Herman and Elizabeth Thacker (Robin Thacker Rinder)
Thacker and her late husband, Herman, built their 1,900 square feet house in 1959. For decades, they watched Augusta National transformed from a historic golf course in Empire.
Over the past 10 years, the club has bought almost all of their neighbors, paying millions for properties that have been quickly demolished. The expansion of the club now includes plans for additional reception areas, parking and even a second course.
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However, thanks to all transactions and development, Thacker held firm.
A view of 1112 Stanley Road in Augusta, GA. (Google satellite)
“Yes, we still have it, and yes, mom still lives there,” confirmed her daughter, Robin Thacker Rinder, in Fox Business. “She is very voluntary.”
Difficult to challenge this because Zillow estimates that the house is worth around $ 366,000 depending on its size and location. Which is above the median price of registration for Augusta of $ 215,000, followed by Realtor.com.
However, Augusta National would have made offers that far exceed this number. Rinder confirmed to Fox Business that several national Augusta offers have been made to the family, but refused to disclose the price.
The club has payment history far above the market value of the properties it wants. A smaller house than the thackers had on the street were sold at the club for $ 1.2 million. He was flattened in a week.
Herman Thacker (Robin Thacker Rinder)
However, for Elizabeth, the family home is not only a financial asset, it is a life of memories. She and Herman raised their children there. This is where their grandchildren and great-grandchildren have visited for decades. The sale is simply not on the table.
“Money is not all,” Herman told NJ.com in a 2016 interview.
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Herman died in 2019 at the age of 86, but Elizabeth continued to maintain his feeling. Even as Augusta National grows and evolves, the small brick house in front of Gate 6-A remains intact, a silent reminder that not everyone can be purchased.
The growth of Augusta national has been astounding. The club spent more than $ 200 million in acquiring 270 acres, According to the Wall Street Journal. This expansion has transformed the home owners of Georgia of Millionaires overnight overnight.
Customers leave the field after the game due to bad weather during training for the Masters of Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 5, 2022. (Keyur Khamar / Pga Tour via Getty Images)
The masters himself are a large company. The handbag for the 2025 tournament will exceed $ 20 million; The winner will bring more than $ 3 million. Some 40,000 visitors take the trip to Augusta each year: the lucky ones, because the tickets are distributed via a lottery system which receives around 2 million candidates. This puts the chances of attending the tournament at less than 1%, or about 1 in 200.
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Sponsors, including IBM, large golf equipment companies and luxury accessories, such as Rolex Watches, take advantage of the prestige of the tournament to present their brands.
However, in the midst of all money and power, a woman’s silent challenge remains a thorn to the Augusta national team.
With thousands of cars now parked where the houses of its neighbors were once, Elizabeth Thacker’s house is one of the last remaining structures in the neighborhood. It could be small compared to the greatness of Augusta national, but it is nowhere to soon.
This publication is a commercial update of Fox in history published in April 2024.
