The Individual Golf Tour was created in 2002 to serve competitive weekend golfers just like you. If endorsement income is taken into account, Tiger Woods was the highest earning sportsman for much of the first decade of the 21st century according to Forbes magazine. Standings . Examples include Ivan Lendl and Roy Wegerle. The FairWay Golf Tour is a competitive pro net tour. The very best players in the world aspire to compete on the PGA Tour, which is comprised of tournaments around the country. Known as the LPGA Tour, the top women's professional tour consists of 25 to 30 tournaments beginning in mid-February and ending in early December. Three lower-level tours offer world ranking points and direct promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour for a top five finish on their Orders of Merit, but they are based outside the United States: PGA Tour Canada, PGA Tour China, and PGA Tour Latinoamérica. Tour News. Professional golf tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments are organised into a regular schedule. The social network for golfers. The PGA of America was established in 1916. Golf is unique among sports in having high profile and lucrative competitions for players of this age group. [4] By 2014, the LPGA had largely recovered from its 2010 trough, with that year's schedule consisting of 33 events. [6] The Asian Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour enjoyed rapid growth in prize money in the early 2000s, and were less affected by the economic crisis than the U.S. LPGA. Many male players start their professional careers by playing on the developmental Nationwide Tour and then earning their way to a PGA Tour card. Fifth to seventh (in alphabetical order): organizers of the six major Ladies tours (see below), Professional Golfers over the age of 45 can play the UK’s TP Tour www.tptourseries.com, This page was last edited on 26 October 2020, at 11:30. "Touring professionals", also known as "Tournament golfers" or "Pro golfers", who obtain income from prize money and endorsements are a small elite within the profession, while the best golfers can make up to 8-figure incomes in U.S. dollars from tournament play. The richest tour that does not offer ranking points was until 2011 the Korean Tour. The Individual Golf Tour was created in 2002 to serve competitive weekend golfers just like you. The larger tours have a tournament almost every week through most of the year. We hold 1-day and 2-day golf tournaments for cash prizes in the Houston, Dallas, and Central Texas Markets. It is the one of the oldest women's developmental tours, having begun in 1980. Our pro-style I-Tour is in place to encourage organized (non-scramble) golf competition in U.S. markets with future plans to branch out globally to share our love for this great game. Upon reaching age 50, male golfers are eligible to compete in senior tournaments.