General Discussion - The distinction between amateur and professional golfers aobama52 - Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:31 pm Post subject: The distinction between amateur and professional golfers
The distinction between amateur and professional golfers
Often golf is restricted to a much smaller and more elite section of society than is the case in countries like the U.S. and the UK. Professional golfers with callaway ft-iz driver from these countries are quite often from poor backgrounds and start their careers as caddies, for example, Ángel Cabrera of Argentina, and Zhang Lian-wei who is the first significant tournament professional from the People's Republic of China. In various countries, Professional Golfers' Associations (PGAs) serve either or both of taylormade burner superfast driver these categories of professionals. There are separate LPGAs (Ladies Professional Golf Associations) for women.
In golf the distinction between ishiner amateurs and professionals callaway x-24 hot irons is rigorously maintained. An amateur who plays for money even once usually loses his or her amateur status permanently and is banned from all amateur tournaments. A professional may not play in amateur tournaments. It is very difficult for taylormade r9 super tri driver a professional to regain his or her amateur status; simply agreeing not to take payment for a particular tournament is not enough.
Under the rules of golf and amateur status of the R and A, the maximum an amateur can win is £250. Under the rules of discount golf and amateur status of the USGA the maximum an amateur can win is $750. If an amateur accepts a prize of greater than this they taylormade r9 irons forfeit their amateur status, and are therefore by definition a professional golfer.
Professional golfers are divided into two main groups, with a limited amount of overlap between them: