{"id":70970,"date":"2026-04-06T09:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/retirement-gnome-masters-miniatures-rumoured-to-have-short-future-at-augusta\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:02:29","slug":"retirement-gnome-masters-miniatures-rumoured-to-have-short-future-at-augusta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/retirement-gnome-masters-miniatures-rumoured-to-have-short-future-at-augusta\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement gnome? Masters miniatures rumoured to have short future at Augusta"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Gnomes have become collectors\u2019 items since 2016 debut<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>2026 edition retailing at  $49.50 inside Augusta National<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Everyone says goodbye to the Masters eventually. Sandy Lyle, Ben Crenshaw, Ian Woosnam and Bernhard Langer used recent years to wave goodbye. Will 2026 be the end for an iconic Augusta National element of more recent times \u2026 the Masters gnome?<\/p>\n<p>Speculation is rising that this Masters will be the final time gnomes will be on sale inside Augusta\u2019s merchandise outlets. On face value, this hardly feels dramatic. The quirk, though, is that the household essential for any golf lover has become a victim of its own success. Augusta National has offered no comment when approached on the gnome\u2019s future but the race feels on to collect the final batches of stock before the 14-inch ceramic doll is consigned to Masters history.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/06\/retirement-gnome-masters-miniatures-rumoured-to-have-short-future-at-augusta-golf\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gnomes have become collectors\u2019 items since 2016 debut 2026 edition retailing at $49.50 inside Augusta National Everyone says goodbye to the Masters eventually. Sandy Lyle, Ben Crenshaw, Ian Woosnam and Bernhard Langer used recent years to wave goodbye. Will 2026 be the end for an iconic Augusta National element of more recent times \u2026 the &#8230; <a title=\"Retirement gnome? Masters miniatures rumoured to have short future at Augusta\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/retirement-gnome-masters-miniatures-rumoured-to-have-short-future-at-augusta\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Retirement gnome? Masters miniatures rumoured to have short future at Augusta\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}