subject: The "Amateur Golfer" status [print this page] The "Amateur Golfer" status The "Amateur Golfer" status
The amateur golfer" status as laid down in the "R&A Rules of Golf" is one who plays the game as a non-remunerative. The maximum an amateur can win is 250.00. Under USGA rules the maximum, an amateur can win is $500.00.
Amateurs may play the game on various levels, from playing a round of golf with friends, up to the scratch golfer. A scratch golfer is a golfer who shoots par or better. Unless you are being paid or rewarded to play golf, you will be recognised as an amateur golfer.
Amateur play the game on many different levels from the round of golf with friends, up to the scratch golfer. This is a golfer who shoots par or better.
When you first start to play the game of golf, where do you start practicing? Do you go to the driving range and start hitting practice balls or maybe start knocking some balls about in your back yard? Do you go out and buy instruction books or tutorial DVD sets to learn to play the game at home? However, with a multitude of information available to you on the market where do you start to look.
Learning to play golf. Where do you start? Do you start at a golf driving range or by hitting practice balls in your back yard or garden if you have the area? Alternatively, maybe you could learn by watching a tutorial DVD set at home. With a horde of different DVD and video sets on the market to choose from which one do you choose?
Then we come to the equipment, we will need to play the game. Golfing equipment can be very expensive, choosing the wrong equipment can be a costly experience for you. You will find an amazing amount of different types of golf equipment available to you, and more being added all the time. One golfer useless piece of equipment may be another golfer's dream.
