How Amateurs Can Qualify for Professional Golf Events
Some of golf's biggest stories involve amateurs playing alongside professionals. While most professional events are for tour members, there are several routes for top amateurs to qualify or be…
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Golf Prize Money Explained: How Professionals Get Paid
Headlines about huge winner's cheques suggest every professional golfer is wealthy. In reality, prize money is concentrated at the top, most professionals have significant expenses, and many earn a…
Pro-Am Golf Events Explained: How They Work and How to Play
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…
Volunteering at Golf Tournaments: Roles, Perks and How to Apply
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…
How Golf World Rankings Work: Professional and Amateur
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…
Going to a Golf Tournament: The Complete Spectator's Guide
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…
How to Become a Professional Golfer: The Realistic Path
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…
How Professional Golf Tournaments Work: Cuts, Majors & More
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?…