Firstly, I don't know about anyone else, but expecting a response in less than 2 hours is kind of ridiculous. People have lives, we aren't just sitting here waiting to answer every single question. Give people a break.

Secondly, 20 views doesn't mean crud. There are a lot of lurkers who aren't registered members who couldn't write in anyway. These include the search engines (Google, yahoo, etc.) that periodically check forums so they can catalog every thread. A 'view' doesn't mean it is actually a person. Also, maybe some of the people who looked at the thread, didn't know. Not everyone is going to know, do you want a bunch of responses that say nothing but "I don't know"?

Thirdly, I think that some more information on your part is needed. How old are you? What kind of scores are you shooting? What is your handicap? How "new to golf" are you? Have you won any amateur (please note the correct spelling of amateur here) events? How familiar are you with all of the rules of golf -- not just "play it as it lies" because tournament golf is whole different beast than playing with your buddies... there are many, many little rules that you have to know about when you have to call a penalty on yourself and when you can legally move your ball, etc. Not following the rules normally results in a DQ, and then it won't matter if you are an amateur or declared yourself pro because you don't win anything if you are DQ'd.

Lots of questions, but if you give us some answers I think that we can give you some better advice.