No. Any male over the age of 50 can try to qualify for a Champions Tour event. Playing on the PGA tour is not a prerequisite.
Join USGA as a Champion or Eagle level member and you will get a USGA decal and a PGA Champions Club decal. You can also search eBay.
The "Senior" Tour is not without reason, now called the "Champions" Tour. The obvious answer as to age is 50 years old. The more subtle, yet implied message is that to qualify, not any 50+ year-old can join. Otherwise the tour would be swelling with competent golfers who've gotten better because they've got nothing better to do. The name "Champions" implies that to qualify, you have to have some history on the Men's PGA Tour; to at least have participated, if not won events.
A tour pro keeps his card if he places in the top 125 money-winners on the PGA Tour
He is still active on the Champions Tour.
Regional qualifying is $2500 and Finals are $2500
you would have to be 50 to be on the champion tour, wins or no wins hope this helps :)
$400000
Hale Irwin, he is quite a successful golfer on the Champions Tour.
To be honest, it wouldn't be much different from the PGA Tour, mainly X stiff and stiff.
The Masters, The PGA Championships, The US Open, The Open Champions.
The Champions Gate Golf Tour is held at Champions Gate Golf Club in Florida. The golf program is an exciting and unique junior golf program for ages 10-18. More than 5,000 boys and girls throughout the United States and Canada and in several foreign countries compete in official qualifying tournaments.