Golf · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.2
The Tours
4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown
Professional golf's tours: the men's and women's tours, how players earn their place, and the money behind the game.
Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.
Test 1Men's toursTake a test
Separate from the PGA of America since 1968.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Renamed after a sponsorship deal.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Its top players earn PGA Tour cards.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
First played in 2007.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Ending with the Tour Championship.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
It ends at the DP World Tour Championship.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Once called the Senior Tour.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Players climb from one to the next.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
The field shrinks at each step.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Feeder tours send players up.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · applied
Test 2Women's toursTake a test
Founded in 1950.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Once called the Futures Tour.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Among the richest women's tours.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Many LPGA stars started there.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Played in Florida each November.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
It decides who plays the finale.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Given on points across the season.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Points decide who reaches the finale.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
1950, 1978 and 1981.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
The winner lifts a crystal globe.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · applied
Test 3Earning a placeTake a test
It is earned and must be kept with results.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Players went through several stages.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
The top finishers move up.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Dozens chase a handful of places.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Often given to young or local players.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Players enter when fields have room.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Based on a ranking of college players.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Some skip steps with strong results.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
A full card means a full schedule.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
The few who make it play that week.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · applied
Test 4Money and sponsorsTake a test
It is shared out by finishing place.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Introduced from 2023-24.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Prize money is only part of it.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Often around 10 percent for a win.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Often the largest sponsorship a player has.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
It surprised players and fans.
Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall
The share drops quickly after the top few.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · applied
Deals usually last a few seasons.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · recall
Visibility on television is valuable.
Source: Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET) · applied
Sources
Major championship, tour, team competition and Olympic records (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A, PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET, IGF, IOC), the world rankings and the World Golf Hall of Fame; only settled facts used as keys; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.
- Tour regulations and records (PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET)39
- General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides)1