A tour pro keeps his card if he places in the top 125 money-winners on the PGA Tour
The top 25 players earn a pga card.
Once he won his first PGA Tour event in 1996 he got a two year PGA Tour exemption.
The 2012 PGA Tour consisted of a total of 45 official money events running from January to November. John Hun was the official top golfer on the US PGA tour in 2012.
A tour pro keeps his card if he places in the top 125 money-winners on the PGA Tour. Winning a Tour event is equal to two-year tour card, winning a major championship provides a five-year tour card, and golfers with 20 or more wins on the Tour receive a lifetime tour card.
A tour pro keeps his card if he places in the top 125 money-winners on the PGA Tour
There are currently 287 active players on the PGA Tour that have their tour card. There are also countless thousands of club professionals around the country.
as of march 21, 2012 there will be 1083 player with pga cards for the 2012 season
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* Get sponsors exemptions and finish in the top 125 of the PGA Tour money list, * Go to q-school, get to final qualifying and earn your card, * Join the Nationwide Tour and finish in the top 25 for the season * Win a PGA Tour event
No, plenty have players have got a tour card without going to Q School, Rory McIlroy for example, he won a European Tour card from finishing high enough up the money list in tournaments he received exemptions in, them qualified for a PGA tour card from his world rank. Some players play a year on the Nationwide tour in an attempt to finish in the top 25 and win a PGA Tour card.
PGA Tour was created in 1968.