Turning Pro

[Focker Singh]

Anyone or know anyone that played at Cambridge over the last 2 weeks for their CPGA card? Its the annual play-in for people who are trying to turn pro. The requirements are to shoot a 36 hole total in one day under 155. I hear its not a tough course but truly a mental exam. If you can keep your head in it, its pretty straight forward. Easier said than done though. I work with 2 guys who made it this year. One shot 151 and the other 155 and both tried for their first times this year. Congrats to Eric Chaisson and Brooks Sweeney from Angus Glen who are on their way to professional golf careers! Way to go!

[iyell4]

congratulations indeed to Eric Chaisson and Brooks Sweeney from Angus Glen who are on their way to professional golf careers! $$$ :)

(Does anyone know how the requirements change if qualifying is held at a course with a different par? 70? 71? 72? ... or is the cut always set at just two rounds at a minimum max of +11. ... or is Qualifying always done at courses with the same par and length and slope?:confused: )

[Rocknronny]

Cheers guys congrats on makeing it...:cool:

[DubRepublic]

My whole goal is to try and pass the test next August. So next summer you'll see me there practicing on as many weekends as I can get out.

[Spottswoode]

^^^ It's 155 for 36 holes, not 18 :P

[Mok]

(Does anyone know how the requirements change if qualifying is held at a course with a different par? 70? 71? 72? ... or is the cut always set at just two rounds at a minimum max of +11. ... or is Qualifying always done at courses with the same par and length and slope?:confused: )
I heard it's always at that same Cambridge course, for the past 25 yrs..

[Faemow]

Do golf pros really make big $$? Are they also considered Canadian Tour Pros? I thought that there was a difference between a golf pro and a tour pro. My buddy Paul Davies is trying for his Tour Pro Card this sept, but he's been a CPGA pro for a while. I asked him about going on tour. All he said is that you need to be a scratch golfer and try out for Q-school. Once you're past Q-school and finish top on the money list of the Canaidan Tour you are exempt in taking the Q-school for the PGA Tour. Wasn't the tournament 2 weeks ago the PTA or something like that, for ppl trying to get their CPGA card? unless i'm talking about the wrong tournament.

[DubRepublic]

^^^ It's 155 for 36 holes, not 18 :PGood thing you can count :P

[Grass Roots Tour]

Hey DUB, come out and play some of our tour schedule next year to help prepare for the PAT.


FAEMOW, there is a HUGE difference between the scoring ability of a teaching pro and a tour pro, from the ones I've met. Most teaching pros get very little playing time and even when they do, its like, "I've been here all day, why would I want to stick around another 4 - 5 hrs just to get some golf in?".

[iyell4]

Do golf pros really make big $$?
Good question.
Focker do you know if your buddies Eric Chaisson and Brooks Sweeney from Angus Glen are gonna quit their 'day jobs'?

I would imagine that a tour professionals job is practice and conditioning full-time, and meet with sponsors, agents, the media, tour reps, etc.

[DubRepublic]

Hey DUB, come out and play some of our tour schedule next year to help prepare for the PAT.
Well money, time and practice will determine what I'll be doing next summer. I'm still a long ways off yet.

[golfguy25]

Beeing a golf pro is a day job for the most part. I know the two mentioned above are still going to school to get a diploma in the professional golf management program at Georgian college. Once you get your card and have the diploma you are well on your way to a career in golf.

Tour Pro's for the most part are better players than Golf Pro's. A golf Pro will make a living through teaching the game to his/her students where a tour pro will try to make a living playing in competitive events.

[Rocknronny]

Beeing a golf pro is a day job for the most part. I know the two mentioned above are still going to school to get a diploma in the professional golf management program at Georgian college. Once you get your card and have the diploma you are well on your way to a career in golf.

Tour Pro's for the most part are better players than Golf Pro's. A golf Pro will make a living through teaching the game to his/her students where a tour pro will try to make a living playing in competitive events.Dude did you not make it????:hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Focker Singh]

(Does anyone know how the requirements change if qualifying is held at a course with a different par? 70? 71? 72? ... or is the cut always set at just two rounds at a minimum max of +11. ... or is Qualifying always done at courses with the same par and length and slope?:confused: )
Qualifying has been at Cambridge over the last 25 years or so. I heard its not a tough course, only 6100 yards and the layout is nothing crazy. Its more a test of your mental game than anything else. Its a 36 hole 155 score to make it. If you score within 10 strokes above 155 you get a second chance the following week. If not, you get your money back and see you next year.

[Focker Singh]

Do golf pros really make big $$? Are they also considered Canadian Tour Pros? I thought that there was a difference between a golf pro and a tour pro. My buddy Paul Davies is trying for his Tour Pro Card this sept, but he's been a CPGA pro for a while. I asked him about going on tour. All he said is that you need to be a scratch golfer and try out for Q-school. Once you're past Q-school and finish top on the money list of the Canaidan Tour you are exempt in taking the Q-school for the PGA Tour. Wasn't the tournament 2 weeks ago the PTA or something like that, for ppl trying to get their CPGA card? unless i'm talking about the wrong tournament.
I think it all depends on how far you take yourself. After turning pro, you are only a CPGA Assistant. I believe you have to work under a Class A organization for atleast 3 years before you turn CPGA Professional. From there, the skies the limit. If you decide to become a Tour Pro, you have to go through Q school etc. Or you can just be a pro and teach. Both can make lots of money, both can make you very poor.

YES, the Cambridge tourny was for PTA's only not for Q school for the Canadian Tour.

[Focker Singh]

Good question.
Focker do you know if your buddies Eric Chaisson and Brooks Sweeney from Angus Glen are gonna quit their 'day jobs'?

I would imagine that a tour professionals job is practice and conditioning full-time, and meet with sponsors, agents, the media, tour reps, etc.
Angus Glen IS their "day job". They are both students and I'm sure will be sticking around Angus Glen for a while. It would be beneficial to have Angus's name as a stepping stone to other opportunities.

[Up2PAr]

Touring pro's play golf ...teaching pro's just teach and don't really have time to play.