Q-School

What steps does someone take to play on tour. not that I ever will, but I was just curious what it takes to get there. Can someone like you and I go to Q-School, qualify and play on tour the following year. Also, what does it take to play the Nationwide tour? Just curious, no pipe dreams here.

Thanks,

Nick

Hi mate,

Basically any one can turn pro off any handicap! A 36 handicapper can turn pro if they want, theres nothign stopping them lol! Although that would just be stupid.

You can get on european tour by working up the smaller tours such as europro and challenge tour (come in top 20 of challenege tour and you get on european tour). But to go to Q-School you have to have a handicap of 4 or below (or be a pro). Once you tee off in Q-School you are now a professional golfer.

For nationwide tour its the same. there is a q-school and you have to be below 4 handicap to enter q-school, or turn pro and THEN play in q-school. You can find entry forms for q-school on www.europeantour.com .

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http://www.pgatour.com/story/9113390 nationwide

http://www.pgatour.com/story/9094440 PGA

http://www.pgatour.com/story/9454865 Q-school info

last year had 9 ties for 79th place with a -3. 1st was J.B Holmes with -24. Their is an avg of about 1,200 golfers that try out every year.

http://www.pgatour.com/u/photos/misc...on-pgatour.pdf 2005 Q-school application. shows various ways to be exepmpt for differnt stages of Q-school.

alot of money alot of time a very good game and a lot of luck, and alot of traveling, heck john daly isnt even gonna try it so he says, but i see his name on the roster for round 2

Try and the ball square and enjoy Q school u should think if u are src player and have many amatuer championsips.

I recently played with a 41 year old ex-pro who still plays to a +6 handicap from the championship tees at Oakmont Golf Club in Pennsylvania. He tried to get back on the tour last fall through Q school qualifying and didn't make it. If you don't think, eat and drink golf 24 hours per day and have the game to prove it, you're wasting your time and dollars. Probably one of the toughest goals to reach in all of sports. Competing against all the aspiring golfers in the world for a handful of spots on the PGA tour.

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Hey man dont let people tell you negative stuff. There are people who breeze threw Q school and some dont some people it may take two or three trys Also another way if you have the game is to go to a tourny and try to Monday Qualify thats open to anyone and if you make the cut your in and if you play good and win which DOES happen your on to the next Tourney. So theres ways to get in with the Big Boys.

nobody breezes thru Q school its 6 days grinding just in the final stage not counting the the other 3 stages.

Remember there is ALOT of other tours you can make ALOT of money on, Japanese tour, Asian tour, sunshine tour (south africa) you can live like a king in asia with the money they earn!!!