The lottery for Masters golf tickets is now open and they are cheap, but only the Super Bowl is harder to get into

Patrons often wear all of their badges on their hats or shirts.Andrew Redington/Getty Images

• Masters tickets are considered the second-hardest to obtain in sports, trailing only the Super Bowl.
• Tickets — or badges — are cheap if you are lucky enough to be a patron or win the annual lottery which opened on June 1.
• If you don't get tickets directly from Augusta National, be prepared to spend thousands.

For golf fans hoping to attend the Masters without breaking the bank, June is a big month.

The lottery for tickets opened on June 1 and goes through the 20th of the month. While this is not the only way to get tickets to Augusta National, it is the cheapest and one of the least mysterious.

Here are the different ways to attend the most prestigious event in golf.