Quote Originally Posted by Deeranged View Post
Just looked it up. Seems to be for tournament organisers who offer a prize for a hole in one - basically pays the prize for the winner. So can't see why a ****e golfer, or any golfer, would need it for themselves.

Also can't see why anyone would be required to shoot the bar just because they got a hole in one. Pretty sure I wouldn't.
Some golfers have given up their amateur status when they have won a large prize for a hole in one on a Pro Am competition where the prize was a car.
A professional golfer can apply for reinstatement as a an amateur golfer after a laid down number of years.