Yes. But to retain your amateur status you have to waive any money that you might win.
The Curtis Cup is for women amateur golfers, and is played between 'Great Britain and Ireland' and USA.
Amateur golfers have handicaps, professionals do not. Amateur golfers can only win prizes with a retail value of (£250/$500), professional golfers have no limit on their winnings. Amateur golfers may wear shorts in tournaments, professional golfers cannot. Players in PGA tournaments in the US must attend a school to become tour-qualified, and must be members of the PGA or associated world golf organizations. The tournament agreement stipulates a player's behavior, adherence to the rules, and disposition of their rights for broadcast television appearances.
No, only amateur golfers have handicaps, when a golfer turns professional they no longer play in accordance with the handicap system.
Of all the amateur golfers, only 1 percent 70 on a par-72 golf course in their entire career.
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Golfers wear hats as it keeps the sun off their face and can help keep the sun out of their eyes. Professional golfers wear hats because their sponsors can have some more advertising space.
Bobby Jones won it four times as an amateur, and other amateur winners are Jerome Travers, Chick Evans, Johnny Goodman, and Francis Ouimet; there have been no amateur victories in the U.S. open since 1933.
it depends on what place you finish and your sponsors
On January 17, 1916, a group of golf professionals and several leading amateur golfers gather at the Taplow Club in New York City, in a meeting that will result in the founding of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA).
A sponsors exemption is where the sponsor of the tournament can choose a player (possibly a promising amateur or fan favourite) who would other wise not be exempt to play in that event, and give them a spot in the tournament. The amount of sponsors exemptions is limited per event, and you would only see them in the smaller events, never a major.
Amateur status is where a Golfer is not a professional Golfer. On the nationwide tour it would be considered as the player can win the event and trophy and the exemptions that go with it but they cannot take the prize money, as this is against the rules of amateur status. As the Nationwide tour is a professional tour there are no amateur members but some amateurs get asked to play the events in sponsors exemptions.