Unless things have changed in the last 5 years, the pros do pay an entry fee for every tournament they enter. Most of these fees actually cover expenses for functions that take place during the tournament, such as the players' dinner, etc. The entry fees, however, do not even cover those minor expenses.
I read an article on this some years back, which gave a detailed account of the fees that a tour player paid to enter a tournament, and the things which the tournament supplied for them. I was surprised that all the tournaments supplied the players with so many perks just for entering, and that the majority of the money for those perks came from the tournaments' sponsorship. I wish I still had access to this, or could remember which magazine I'd read it in. It was an interesting read.
Must PGA Tour players pay an entry fee to play in all tournaments?
PGA Tour members do not have to pay an entry fees to play a PGA Tournament. Nonmembers pay an entry fee of $400. As for the majors, The Masters is by invitation only. There is no entry fee for the pga championship. For U.S. Open qualifying, players pay a entry fee of $125. The entry fee for the British Open is 100 pounds ($162 American).
Not sure how up to date that is - the entry fee for the US Open went up to $150 a few years ago, $200 last year. The Open Championship is 120 pounds this year.
Qualifying school has entry fees at each stage:
Pre-qualifying $2,500
First Qualifying Stage $4,500
Second Qualifying Stage $4,000
Final Qualifying Stage $3,500
The Senior Tour qualifying stages are priced about 1/10th of that (but only, what, 8 slots per year v. 35?)
Many weekly Monday qualifying tournaments cost $200 for players without status, $100 for Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour players, and free for PGA Tour members, but others cost $400 and $200. Mini-tour events like the Hooters tour run $600-750, meaning you have to place top 5 just to cover expenese.
Once you are in a tournament, though, you can typically rake in $1,000-2,500 from manufacturers reps just for playing their clubs, lesser amounts for balls, gloves, shoes. All those nickles and dimes add up to enough to cover your week regardless if you make the cut.
Not sure how up to date that is - the entry fee for the US Open went up to $150 a few years ago, $200 last year. The Open Championship is 120 pounds this year.
Qualifying school has entry fees at each stage:
Pre-qualifying $2,500
First Qualifying Stage $4,500
Second Qualifying Stage $4,000
Final Qualifying Stage $3,500
The Senior Tour qualifying stages are priced about 1/10th of that (but only, what, 8 slots per year v. 35?)
Many weekly Monday qualifying tournaments cost $200 for players without status, $100 for Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour players, and free for PGA Tour members, but others cost $400 and $200. Mini-tour events like the Hooters tour run $600-750, meaning you have to place top 5 just to cover expenese.
Once you are in a tournament, though, you can typically rake in $1,000-2,500 from manufacturers reps just for playing their clubs, lesser amounts for balls, gloves, shoes. All those nickles and dimes add up to enough to cover your week regardless if you make the cut.
for q-school you don't pay fees for every stage. the reason the amounts are different is because some are exempt from the early stages. for pre-qualifying, if you make it through you do owe an additional $2500 to cover you for the remainder of q-school. also i think they upped the price of every monday qualifier to $400 last year.
February 11th, 2008, 09:38 AM
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