What is Monday qualifying in golf?
"Monday qualifying" is a generic term applied to qualifying tournaments played prior to the start of a pro tour event and that award a handful of places in the tour event to the top finishers. These qualifiers are typically 18 holes and played on the Monday of tournament week, hence the terms "Monday qualifying" and "Monday qualifiers."
How much does it cost to get into a Monday qualifier?
On the Web.com Tour, the entry fee for a Monday qualifier is $450. There is no pre-qualifier for entry into the Monday qualifier on the Web.com Tour.
What is the difference between a Monday qualifier and pre-qualifier?
On the PGA Tour, an eighteen-hole pre-qualifier for entry into each Monday qualifier is also held before the Monday qualifier. The entry fee for a PGA Tour pre-qualifier to the Monday qualifier is $200 and the entry fee for the PGA Tour Monday qualifier is an additional $200.
How many Monday qualifiers have won on the PGA Tour?
Since the PGA Tour's standard number of Monday qualifiers was reduced to four in 1983, four Monday qualifiers have gone on to win the tournament: Two Monday qualifiers have won on the LPGA Tour: Laurel Kean at the 2000 State Farm Rail Classic and Brooke Henderson at the 2015 Cambia Portland Classic.
What is Monday qualifying in golf?
"Monday qualifying" is a generic term applied to qualifying tournaments played prior to the start of a pro tour event and that award a handful of places in the tour event to the top finishers.
How much does a Monday qualifier cost?
All it takes is a USGA Handicap Index of 2 or better and to pay the entry fee—$450 for nonmembers and $100 for members—to play. Entrants without PGA Tour status first have to advance through a pre-qualifier often played on the prior Thursday.
Has a Monday qualifier ever won the U.S. Open?
Jeff Mitchell, 1980 Phoenix Open.
Can anyone play a Monday qualifier?
Not just anyone can sign up for a Tour Monday Qualifier. Here are the players who can sign up directly. The rest have to go through a pre-qualifier (explained below). All others must play in a pre-qualifier just to get into the Monday Qualifier.
How many people make it through a Monday qualifier?
To be eligible for one of these spots, you have to advance through a pre-qualifier tournament with a field of roughly 150 players. Those who advance then play in the Monday qualifier, where 50 to 125 players compete for those four spots.
How much does it cost to get your PGA card?
Players are required to pay a large entry fee at each round, usually to such a high amount that sponsor support is necessary. Each tournament-style round varies in length and costs between $2,500 and $4,500. The Pre-Qualifying Round is the first stage in the series.
How much does it cost to enter a pro golf tournament?
The only expense he must pay to play in a tournament is a mandatory $50 locker room fee. Most professionals competing in a pre-tournament qualifying event pay entry fees of $400 apiece, except for Champions and Nationwide Tour players ($100 each) and non-exempt PGA Tour members (no entry fee).
How much does it cost to play in U.S. Open qualifier?
Entry Fee. Entry fee of $200 must be paid by every player.
What is a Monday qualifier?
A Monday qualifier is a stroke play golf tournament held on the Monday before a professional golf tournament that awards top finishers entry into the professional tournament.
How much is the Monday qualifier on the Web.com Tour?
On the Web.com Tour, the entry fee for a Monday qualifier is $450 . There is no pre-qualifier for entry into the Monday qualifier on the Web.com Tour. The Web.com Tour awards spots in the main professional tournament to the top twelve, thirteen, or fourteen finishers in the Monday qualifier depending on the tournament.