the american challenge golf tour is the tournaments im going to be playing in they havent stated that a certain handicap must be met. they only give you the option of declaring yourself an amateur when you pay the yearly dues. i was just wondering if there were any benefits to declaring myself an amateur. the only thing i see that it does is keeps me from winning cash prizes. the handicapped division of the tour has different flights for diferent handicaps....so as to keep everything even. so is it just a difference in what you win?