Entry fees for big tours??

[kleraudio]

I was just wondering, if your on the PGA tour or Nationwide, do the players have to pay an entry fee??

I know on the Pga tour, if there is an entry fee, im sure the sponsors take care of it, but is there even an entry fee? I mean a guy like ryan moore with no sponsors, does he have to pay a fee to get into the tourney?

How bout nationwide tour?

[Jay-Bird]

PGA Tour Card holders don't pay.
Nationwide Tour Card holders don't pay for Nationwide events.
Sometimes Nationwide players get into PGA events by invite and sponsor exemptions.

here's a good link for WHO PLAYS in tour events .

[iacas]

PGA Tour Card holders don't pay.

"PGA Tour members do not pay entry fees to play in PGA Tournaments. Other nonmembers pay an entry fee of $400."

That's the most recent info I've found. Until about 1999 or 2000 they used to pay entry fees for each tournament. Kind of a throwback.

[Shindig]

I know on the Pga tour, if there is an entry fee, im sure the sponsors take care of it, but is there even an entry fee? I mean a guy like ryan moore with no sponsors, does he have to pay a fee to get into the tourney?

Your question was answered (correctly, to the best of my knowledge) by others, but I want to point out that Ryan Moore is semi-sponsored by ... Scratch Golf? Fourteen golf? He took part ownership of one of the lesser-known companies.

[Jay-Bird]

Your question was answered (correctly, to the best of my knowledge) by others, but I want to point out that Ryan Moore is semi-sponsored by ... Scratch Golf? Fourteen golf? He took part ownership of one of the lesser-known companies.

He's also on the Callaway Tour i(s) "team". (He's a Callaway staff player now.) They're a major brand in golf I believe.