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How professional golf works — tours, formats, team events and what to watch for.
A pro-am is a golf event where professional and amateur golfers play together in teams. Pro-ams range from local events at a club, with a few local professionals, to the famous pro-ams held before…
Every professional and major amateur golf tournament depends on volunteers: hundreds, sometimes thousands, of them. Marshals keep crowds quiet, scorers track every shot, and drivers, standard bearers…
Golf's world rankings are used to compare players from different tours and countries, to decide who gets into the biggest events and to select teams. Unlike some sports, where rankings are based on…
Amateur golf offers a huge range of competitions, from weekly club medals to national championships. Whether you're a mid-handicapper looking for your first open competition or a low-handicap golfer…
Watching golf on television is one thing. Standing beside a tee as the world's best players launch drives into the distance, or sitting in a grandstand as the final group walks onto the 18th green…
Almost every keen golfer has wondered, at least once, what it would be like to play the game for a living. Your office is the golf course; your colleagues share your passion; your results depend only…
Playing in your first golf competition is a big step. Casual rounds with friends are relaxed: you might take a mulligan, pick up when a hole goes wrong or play a rule loosely. Competitions are…
Professional golf can be confusing for new fans. Why do some players stop after two days? What is "the cut"? Why are some events called majors? How do players qualify, and how do the rankings work?…
