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You’re sitting on your couch watching the final round of The Master’s and suddenly you see some unknown golfer, blow his 3-stroke lead and loose the tournament. You think to yourself, "That doesn’t look so tough, how does that guy get into the master’s anyway. I could blow a 3 stroke lead just as well as that bozo." Well here’s you chance to put your money where your mouth is. For all you dreamers out there, we at USGolfer.net have taken the liberty of researching exactly what Joe Blow Golfer must do to secure a spot on tour.
Since there is no way of telling what skill level or age our readers are at, we decided to cover all most of our bases and give information on the 3 major tours: Buy.com, Senior PGA, and PGA tour. In accordance with the basic rule, "Age before Beauty", we’ll start this thing off with the Senior Tour. Below are a list of different ways a golfer can get onto the Senior Tour, as far as I know, there are the only options for 2002.
The following players who are 50 years of age or older shall be eligible to apply to become Associate Members of the SENIOR PGA TOUR:

1. Current or former Regular members of the PGA TOUR and former regular members of the SENIOR PGA TOUR;

2. Other players who participated (i.e., through Open Qualifying or Sponsor's Exemptions) in a minimum of 12 SENIOR PGA TOUR cosponsored or approved tournaments during the current or immediately preceding calendar year;

3. Players who qualify for the final two rounds in the SENIOR PGA TOUR National Qualifying Tournament will be eligible for Associate Senior Membership;

4. Current Class A members of the Professional Golfers Association of America.

5. Players who have won an official event on the PGA European Tour, the Japan PGA Tour, the Australasian Tour and the South African Tour.

6. Past winners of the United States Amateur Championship and United States Senior Amateur Championship.
OK, say you’re not over 50, if you’re good enough, smart enough, and gosh darn it people like you, you too can be a member of the PGA Tour. Like the Senior Tour, there is more than one way to get on tour.
There are five ways to become a PGA TOUR member eligible to compete in PGA TOUR events subject to PGA TOUR Regulations.

1. Finish within the top 35 and ties at the annual Qualifying Tournament.

2. Win a cosponsored or approved PGA TOUR event.

3. Finish among the top 150 players on the official money list in a year (through Sponsor Exemptions, Foreign Exemptions, Open Qualifying or Section Qualifying, etc.)

4. Win during the course of a PGA TOUR season an amount of official money (by playing in PGA TOUR events through Sponsor Exemptions, Foreign Exemptions, Open Qualifying or Section Qualifying, etc.) equal to the amount won in the preceding year by the 150th finisher on the official money list.

5. Finish in the top 15 on the official BUY.COM TOUR money list.
If this is not in your league, maybe you should start on the Buy.com tour and work your way up. That being said the Buy.com tour is by no means a cakewalk, you still have requirements to meet for that Tour as well.
There are several ways to become a BUY.COM TOUR member or otherwise become eligible to compete in BUY.COM TOUR events (subject to BUY.COM TOUR Regulations).
To Be Fully Exempt:

1. Finish within the top 85 and ties at the annual Qualifying Tournament (top 35 receive their PGA TOUR cards.) The next Number Nearest 50 receive exempt BUY.COM TOUR cards. Both are eligible to play in BUY.COM TOUR events.

2. Win an official BUY.COM TOUR event.

3. Finish 16 - 55 on prior year BUY.COM TOUR money list.
To Fill The Field Each Week:

1. Additional qualifiers from the annual Qualifying Tournament.

2. Be one of the 14 Open Qualifiers.

3. Be one of two Sponsor Selections.

If you don’t fit any of these profiles, you probably are not cut out for life on the PRO tours. But then again, what do I know; I’m just a writer. If you need any more information or have addition questions, please contact me via email at matt@USGolfer.net. Good Luck!