A 93-year-old refused to sell her home to the Masters golf course that’s spent $280 million on expansion: ‘Money ain’t everything’

A 93-year-old woman who lived less than a mile from Augusta National Golf Club refused to sell her property to the club until her dying breath, rebuffing years of expansion efforts by the golf club that hosts the celebrated Masters Tournament. 

Elizabeth Thacker lived in a three-bedroom, single-story house on a 0.67 acre lot that was built in 1956, according to property records. It’s a normal-looking home in a far-from-normal location: just outside the north gate of the Augusta National Golf Club.

Thacker lived in the home at 1112 Stanley Road in Augusta, Ga. with her husband, Herman Thacker, and the couple raised their kids there. Their grandson, a pro golfer named Scott Brown, also spent time there as a child, NJ.com reported.

Elizabeth Thacker died in July last year, at the age of 93, while Herman Thacker died in 2019 at the age of 86. The home at 1112 Stanley Road is still in Elizabeth Thacker’s name, according to property records. Thacker’s daughter Robin Thacker Rinder, confirmed to Fox Business on April 9 the home has not been sold.

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