Homeowner near the Masters golf course won’t sell despite big money offers

The National Golf Club has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in reshaping the scene around its flying stadium. The club, the home of the prestigious Master, bought most of the neighborhoods surrounding its famous green corridors, to replace homes with sprawling car parking and virgin landscapes. But one house still exists, and it is a stubborn era in a green sea.

Elizabeth Thaker, 93, refuses this year to sell her home in 1112 Stanley Road despite the years of profitable offers from Ugusta National.

Thaker and her late husband, Hermann, built their 1900 square feet house in 1959. For decades, they watched as the National Ugosta turned from a historic golf stadium to an empire.

Over the past ten years, the club has bought almost all its neighbors, and paid millions for the real estate that was quickly demolished. The club’s expansion now includes plans for additional hospitality areas, parking lots and even a second round.

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However, through all transactions and development, a company contract company.

1112 Stanley Road in Augusta, Georgia. (Google satellite)

“Yes, we still have it, and yes, my mother still lives there,” her daughter, Robin Thaker Render, confirmed to Fox Business. “It is very strong will.”

It is difficult to argue with that, because Zillow is estimated that the house is worth about $ 366,000 based on its size and location. This is higher than the Augusta average infection price of $ 215,000, as it was followed by RealTor.com.

However, Ugusta National was said to have made offers that exceed this number. Rainer confirmed to Fox Business that multiple offers have been made by the family Augusta National, but it refused to reveal the price.

The club has a busy payment record higher than the market value of the property it wants. A smaller house in the street has been sold to the club for $ 1.2 million. It was settled within a week.

Hermann Thaker (Robin Thaker Render)

However, for Elizabeth, the family home is not just a financial balance, it is the age of memories. She and Herman raised their children there. Where their grandchildren and grandchildren visited decades. Selling is simply not on the table.

“Money is not all,” Hermann told NJ.com in an interview with 2016.

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Hermann died in 2019 at the age of 86, but Elizabeth continued to support his feelings. Although Ugusta National grows and develops, the small brick house on the other side of the 6-a gate remains without touching, which is a quiet reminder that not everyone can buy.

Ugosta’s national growth was amazing. The club spent more than 200 million dollars in obtaining 270 acres, according to the Wall Street Journal. This expansion has long been transformed into homeowners in Georgia into millions of nights.

The beneficiaries of the lands come out after playing due to stormy weather during a master’s training at the National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 5, 2022. (Keyur Khamar/Pga Tour via Getty Images)

Master itself is the major business. The 2025 championship will offer 20 million dollars; The winner will take more than $ 3 million. About 40,000 visitors do the trip to Augusta every year: the lucky two, where tickets are distributed through a lottery system that receives about 2 million applicants. This puts the championships of the championship with less than 1 %, or about 1 in 200.

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Shepherds, including IBM, major golf equipment and luxury accessories, such as Rolex watches, benefit from the championship position to display their brands.

However, in the midst of all money and power, the challenge of a quiet woman is still a thorn on the side of Ugusta National.

With the presence of thousands of cars that were now parked as the homes of their neighbors once stood, Elizabeth Thaker’s house is one of the last remaining structures in the neighborhood. It may be small compared to Ugusta’s national bone, but it will not go anytime soon.

This post is to update the Fox works for the story published in April 2024.