going pro?
- Thread starter delsharky
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If you simply want to play in pro events, for the most part, you just have to pay the entry fee. If you want to actually cash in the events, and you want your peers to call you a "pro", you have to have pro level abilities.
You betcha.
You see them all the time on TV and in depth interviews in Sports Illustrated and on ESPN.
Nike, American Express, Citi Bank and Morgan Stanley are all competing for the few great pros out there.
It is a cash cow and a clear road to glory and riches, always has been.
Just having fun, not trying to be rude. Unfortunately, most of the best players are just getting by and it is a tough road to follow. Pool, for a variety of reasons, has not resounded with the monied sponsors and therefore there is not much money in the game today
If you make the cut in any PGA event and then finish last, you pretty much make more than the winner of the US Open or any other pool event today. Sad but true.
You see them all the time on TV and in depth interviews in Sports Illustrated and on ESPN.
Nike, American Express, Citi Bank and Morgan Stanley are all competing for the few great pros out there.
It is a cash cow and a clear road to glory and riches, always has been.
Just having fun, not trying to be rude. Unfortunately, most of the best players are just getting by and it is a tough road to follow. Pool, for a variety of reasons, has not resounded with the monied sponsors and therefore there is not much money in the game today
If you make the cut in any PGA event and then finish last, you pretty much make more than the winner of the US Open or any other pool event today. Sad but true.
There are none but there should be, like a high 14.1 run of 200 minimum. That should keep out the riff-raff. There should be some kind of line of demarcation.
Complete financial independence so that you can spend 100% of your time and brain power directed towards thinking about pool and getting better at pool.
There is not enough money in pro-level pool to make a job of it.
If they keep out the riff raff who would be left to play ?
Well, there's , um,,well,,,,,nevermind
When you can make enough $ on the table to consider pool your profession, you are a professional.
That is the best answer yet.
Make sure you have a place where you can keep your stuff, for free.