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Yes, they do. A major championship win carries a 5 year exemption on the PGA Tour, and the player may accept this. However, due to the huge amounts of money earned on the PGA Tour they will most likely turn pro, as amateurs can not collect winnings.
When an amateur wins a professional event, the organisers will give the prize money for 1st place to the 2nd placed competitor, and 2nd place prize money to 3rd placed and so on.
Through 2009, Tiger Woods has won 71 PGA Tour event wins.
The player(s) in second place the money divided between them, plus the money the receive for their finish.
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The top 25 players earn a pga card.
Gary Player 29 wins including 9 Majors This is WRONG for two reasons Gary Player is South African (hint - Africa is a different continent) He had 24 PGA tour wins Tommy Armour (Scotland) has 25 PGA Tour wins
Byron Nelson (4 February 1912 - 26 September 2006)
Jack Nicklaus had 73 PGA tour wins, 10 Champions Tour wins. His total number of professional wins is 113.