alosso:
To start with, as a Master I'd pay 65 crs per sleeve => Tour-SDs :)
And yes, it's a big step in the game, the other being the step to Legend. Difference is, a TM knows quite well what is coming up, a TP may be unaware.
Truth is, approaches become longer and less precise, which makes putting difficult.
Truth is, too, that putting itself remains unchanged - it's still the same very fast greens (sorry, YJ), but - from longer distances usually.
I agree that the game is becoming far more difficult at that point, I do state that this bears the necessity of custom clubs - pling, pling, $ in their pockets!
Alas, the fun is the same, no, a different type of good!
Hit it str8 m8!
Don't forget paper Masters under the new scoring system. They are likely VERY underclubbed and the adjustment is likely brutal. I was prepared, had decent equipment since it took me 2 months to get there (somewhere in the level 50s), and was still shocked.....it was my hardest tier by far. The starter irons got me to Master, but didn't last long as I was eligible for the L59 G20s.
At any rate, OP, don't be a complete wuss. Embrace the challenge. Maybe join a CC if you haven't and find friends struggling with you. Comradarie is an important factor. Only losers quit because things suddenly got difficult.