67,000
A two year exemption on the tour, an exemption to the following year's Masters and obviously, anywhere from $800,000 to $1.3 million in winnings.
1,200,000
The winner of the Skins Game of the PGA Tour in 1988 was Raymond Floyd. The winnings in that game amounted to $290,000.
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Yes, they do. A major championship win carries a 5 year exemption on the PGA Tour, and the player may accept this. However, due to the huge amounts of money earned on the PGA Tour they will most likely turn pro, as amateurs can not collect winnings.
In 1989, Curtis Strange won the Skins Game of the PGA Golf Tour. The winnings amounted to $265,000 that year.
The Nationwide Tour would be the tour before the PGA Tour, the top 25 on the Nationwide tour at the end of the season win PGA Tour cards.
The average length golf course on the PGA Tour is around 7300 yards. Some of the majors can be as high as 7600
Please see related link. In 2007 which is the last full money list available, 99 player earned $1,000,000 or more in the season from PGA Tour purse winnings alone, this does not include endorsements, sponsorships or appearance fees.
PGA Tour on ABC was created in 1966.
PGA Tour on CBS was created in 1956.