Receiving an invitation to the Masters is only reserved for the best golfers in the world. Scott Stallings qualified for the tournament by reaching the Tour Championship in 2022 but it was a different Scott Stallings that actually received his invitation to the event.
Scott Stallings, the one that isn’t a world-famous golfer, got the invite and informed the golfer via Instagram about the mail mix-up. “Hi Scott. My name is Scott Stallings as well and I’m from GA. My wife’s name is Jennifer too! I received a FedEx today from the Masters inviting me to play in the Masters Tournament April 6-9, 2023. I’m (100 percent) sure this is NOT for me,” the man wrote.
Invitations were sent to eligible players the week before Christmas when club chairman Fred Ridley announced the criteria would be unchanged from the previous year. Stallings said he checked his mail every day and began to wonder where his invite was.
“Honestly, I thought my wife had it and was doing something for Christmas,” Stallings said. “But then nothing came, and we left two days after Christmas. I didn’t even think about it.”
The three-time PGA Tour winner from Knoxville, Tennessee, said he previously had a sports management company that had an office in St. Simons Island. Apparently, the mix-up possibly came from the fact that the other man’s condo is next to the office building. Stallings assumes the delivery person figured that was where the invitation actually belonged.
Turns out the other Scott Stallings can plan on a trip to Augusta National, too as a courtesy from the golfer. “We’re going to give him some practice-round tickets and take him to dinner on Monday night for doing the right thing,” Stallings said.