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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Senior Competitive Golf: Events and Opportunities for Over-50s
Competitive golf doesn't stop at 50. Many golfers play some of their best and most enjoyable competitive golf in later life, through seniors' sections, senior amateur championships, age-group events…
How Golf Courses Are Set Up for Tournaments
When professionals play a course, it rarely looks or plays like it does for everyday golfers. Greens are faster, rough is thicker, fairways may be narrower and pin positions more challenging. Club…
The History of Golf on Television
Television transformed golf. It brought tournaments into living rooms, created household names, boosted prize money and inspired millions to take up the game. Coverage has evolved from a few fixed…
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…
Watching Golf on TV: How to Follow and Enjoy the Coverage
Golf coverage has never been better. Shot tracers show the flight of the ball, statistics reveal how players are performing, and streaming lets you follow individual groups or holes. But if you're…
Golf Playoffs Explained: How Ties Are Decided
When two or more golfers finish level at the top of a leaderboard, something has to separate them. Professional tournaments usually use playoffs, either sudden death or over several holes. Match play…
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…
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…
Amateur Golf Competitions Explained: From Club to National Level
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…
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…