On average, PGA Tour caddies make $108,869 per year. Most PGA Tour caddies are paid in the following ways: A base salary between $1,500 and $2,000 per tournament week (average $50,000/year for 30 weeks), Plus 5-10% of a player’s tournament earnings.

The caddie is an extremely important resource for the professional golfer. Jack Nicklaus once said that the most important six inches in golf are those that lie between the ears — i.e. your brain. A good caddie helps keep a player’s mind focussed, and their emotions in check.

Use of Caddie Prohibited or Required; Caddie Restrictions Limit a player’s choice of caddie (such as not allowing a caddie to be a professional, a parent or relative, another player in the competition, etc.).

The annual dues for Tour members is $100. The Masters is not a PGA Tour event and is not run by the PGA Tour, so they can have different policies, however, there is also no entry fee for those invited to play at The Masters either.

An individual entry fee of $400 is paid by almost all the professional golfers participating in a pre-tournament qualifying event. Nationwide Tour and Champions players pay $100 each, whereas non-exempt PHA Tour members do not pay any entry fee.

Here’s some of the fine print from the Masters Tournament: Only one application per person or address will be accepted. Do not apply for tickets on behalf of a friend or relative, as a gift, or to sell. All applicants must be 21 years of age or older.

Woods beat 60 percent of the field that week, tying for 60th. He won his fifth start, in Las Vegas, and his seventh, in Orlando, Fla., to avoid Q-School. Appleby and Doyle did compete in the final stage of qualifying and were among the 49 players in the weather-marred tournament to earn their 1997 playing privileges.