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Golf Digest, April, 2007 by Ron Kaspriske

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We checked the cheapest room rates * for Augusta-area hotels for the week of Feb. 5-9 and then two months later when the Masters is being played.

HOTELS NEAR AUGUSTA NATIONAL

HOTEL NAME                   FEB 5-9  MASTERS WEEK

Masters Inn                      $35       $171
Travelodge                       $45       $225
Rodeway Inn West                 $40       $235
Shoney's Inn                     $35       $265
National Inn                     $30       $269
Days Inn Suites                  $63       $300
La Quinta Inn                    $69       $345
Clarion Suites                  $128       $421
Hampton Inn                      $98       $424
Courtyard by Marriott           $149       $480

HOTEL ROOMS OUTSIDE OF TOWN

Masters Inn,
Columbia, S.C. (77 miles)        $46        $46
Microtel Inn & Suites,
Greensboro, Ga. (75 miles)       $54       $115
Jameson Inn,
Greensboro                       $65       $140
Marriott,
Columbia                        $199       $229

* RATES FOR DOUBLE OCCUPANCY PER NIGHT