If you are good enough as an amateur golfer, the time will come when you have a go at tournament play.<\/p>\n
This doesn’t mean that a few years of practice will have you ready to take part in the Masters or PGA golf tournaments, but you may well be good enough to enter a competition at your local club, and this is where things get really interesting.<\/p>\n
Testing yourself against the best players from a club and invited outsiders can be fascinating – it allows you to see how you fare under pressure – and maybe win some cash into the bargain.<\/p>\n
Golf tournaments differ depending on the level you play at.<\/p>\n
Professionals play in tournaments that last four days, taking them through seventy-two holes of raised pressure and hair’s breadth competition.<\/p>\n
If they don’t play well enough on the first two days, then they may fall below the ‘cut’ – usually ten strokes behind the leader – and take no further part.<\/p>\n
If you make the cut, then you play for the final two days no matter what happens. If you finish high enough on the leader board, you’ll win some money.<\/p>\n
At amateur level, tournaments rarely last that long – after all, everyone has a job to go back to.<\/p>\n
They will frequently last a weekend though, and if you are playing in a tournament then pressure is always at its highest in the final holes when you stand a real chance of winning.<\/p>\n
It makes for fantastic sport, and even gaining tournament experience in readiness for the next time is valuable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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