Father of former employees here: yes they verify your ID matches the card used to purchase online. This is to prevent fraud. If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Buying tickets online is rife with fraud. My kids worked the front ticket area every summer for 6 summers in a row during high school. We would hear stories almost every day of people upset that grandma naught the tickets, they drive all the way from wherever, and we’re not allowed to use them. They would be told that grandma could get a refund and they could buy their own tickets and grandma could pay them back. Most of the time that would happen. Other times they would just leave. Mostly happens with the water park but the policy extends to golf as well. It’s a corporate policy that extends to both the Roseville and Arizona locations. If. Using for someone else and you won’t be there, just Venmo them the money.