You have to be one of the top 10 in any tournament to make decent money
A golfer plays his approach shot at the Gary Player Country Club during the Nedbank Golf Challenge. Picture: SUPPLIED
It can be incredibly difficult to land a string of top-10s in these events, never mind win a tournament, and the winter months really lay it bare for players. The younger, unmarried golfers can cut their costs by sharing lifts and accommodation, staying with family, or getting friends to carry their bags, but spare a thought for those golfers with families to support and bonds to pay.
Just making the cut at, for example, the SA Open in 2020, saw players bank in the region of R40,000, while a top-20 finish would be worth about R200,000. Decent money, both for the bank balance and the Order of Merit race.Former Sunshine Tour player Andrew Georgiou, who recently regained his amateur status, captained the Western Province team to victory in the 2021 SA Inter-Provincial Tournament in September.
“I think that maybe I got a little comfortable playing here in SA when my dream had always been to play on the PGA Tour. I reached the age of 30 and it was a tipping point for me. I had always dreamed of playing in America and winning Majors and I wasn’t doing that.” “I was making reasonable money and I enjoyed travelling the world, but in the back of my mind I knew I needed to have a backup plan,” he says.
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