What was the breakdown for prize money for the top 15 at the US Open?
And don't you think he would have gotten a helluva lot of endorsement deals after finishing like that? I say he's doing pretty well!
I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
Never mind, googled it myself:
http://golf.about.com/library/weekly/bl1996usopen.htm
Looks like he would have won about $43,000. Not too shabby.
I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
Ironically, with today's purses it would probably be about five times that!
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading!
Would he actually make anything though? Remember, he is an amateur. If he takes the money than his status would change to pro.
shareWould he actually make anything though? Remember, he is an amateur. If he takes the money than his status would change to pro
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He was going through the qualifying steps that amateurs have to go through. If he accepts money from the tournament though, he would have to go get his tour card if he wants to play again on that level.
shareHe was already a golf pro. A teaching pro, but a pro all the same and he would have kept any prize money. Unless he bet it away on some stupid challenge!
For those who may not know, "touring pros", the guys we see on TV most weekends competing for prize money, are only a small percentage of golfers who are "pro golfers", but most of them are club pros and teaching pros. Most of them are very accomplished golfers, but touring pros are in a whole different league.
TxMike
Make a choice, to take a chance, to make a difference.
I Agree -- he was a pro (and they even mentioned he was on a few of the "mini tours" at one point). Qualifying is not just for amateurs but pros often do it also, even those with their PGA Tour Card but who have not won a tournament or other qualify for the Open. Those on the minor tours most go through qualification. For example, Tiger Woods had to qualify when he turned pro -- although he won the US amateur that year he forfeited his automatic spot by turning pro.
shareIt is bad to drink Jobu's rum. Very bad.
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Jobu needs a refill!
Take your pinche color-coordinated sponsored chingada and take a flying fck
Roy is a professional golfer. The qualifying process he uses to enter the tournament is open to any player with certain restrictions. Roy mentions you need to have a two handicap. The US Open is an "open" tournament. It allows golfers that may not have qualified through other methods a chance to compete. Even high profile pros sometimes use the qualifying process. I know in recent years Fred Couples when through the process to get into the field.
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