What Are the Requirements for a PGA Tour Card?. If you have ever picked up a golf club, you might have wondered how a golfer gets on the PGA Tour. To play as a member on the PGA tour, a player must have a PGA Tour card. You earn a PGA Tour card by being.

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If you have ever picked up a golf club, you might have wondered how a golfer gets on the PGA Tour. To play as a member on the PGA tour, a player must have a PGA Tour card. You earn a PGA Tour card by being in the top 25 inthe PGA Qualifying Tournament, finishing in the top 25 on the Nationwide money list for the year or winning three Nationwide Tour tournaments in a season. There are also several other eligibility categories such as; former Major champions, former multiple tournament winners, top 50 inlifetime career earnings and conditional status for those golfers who finished 126 to 150 on the money list the previous year. Read more at www.golfshopclubs.com

To attend the PGA Qualifying Tournament, you must submit an application and pay your entry fee to the PGA tour. The tour is held annually in the late fall. Be sure to submit your application before the deadline for the tournament. The tournament has three stages plus a new added round called pre-qualifying. The stages are played in various locations around the country over several months. At each location, a handful of golfers advance to the next round. The top 25 finishers in the final round are eligible for a PGA Tour Card. Read more at www.golfshopclubs.com

To be eligible for a PGA Tour card, you must be 18 years of age by the first round of the first tournament in the season. Unless you are currently playing on the Nationwide Tour or have previously won a PGA tournament, you must earn this card by going to the PGA Qualifying Tournament. If you are an amateur, you must have a handicap index of at least two and must present a handicap card to participate in the tournament. This tournament is often referred to as Q-School orQualifyingSchool.