At the end of each year and the beginning of the year, we will see a lot of excellent amateur players turning professional news, and the words in the circle of friends such as "please call me pro later" can always brush up on a few.
The reason is simple.
The end of the year and the beginning of the year are a good time to change careers
The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the decision to change careers at the end of the year and the beginning of the year will have motivation and motivation throughout the year. Moreover, the qualification rounds of the domestic tour are carried out around New Year's Day, and the players choose to change careers before the qualifications, and there is the intention of breaking the ship and dying and being born later, and after the transfer of careers, they can no longer participate in amateur events, and can only give a go in the qualification rounds and strive to get the tour participation card.
Even if there is no turn before the qualifiers, once the amateur players get a good place in the qualifiers, their friends and relatives will not be able to suppress their curiosity. When they post their qualifying results in the circle of friends, there must be a sentence "Turn?" "Message.
It is not that you cannot change careers in the middle of the year. The new season of the European Tour and PGA Tour begins in the fall, when the transition to the profession and the beginning of the year to switch identities is a logic, Tiger Woods is the autumn to the professional, that classic "Hello world" is still remembered.
So, is changing careers something that can be decided by patting your head?
Of course not. Chinese golf legend Zhang Lianwei once said: "After becoming a professional player, playing is work." ”
Work means rice bowl, and the future livelihood basically depends on the performance of the players on the field, as for the sacred and aperture effect of professional identity, that is a matter after fame, before becoming famous, playing well every shot to get more good rankings to win is the right thing.
Given the waiting period required to switch from career to amateur status, although the water cover can be recovered, this is completely different from the concept of retirement. Relatively speaking, most of the decisions to change careers are made after steady thinking, because when the age comes, there is a sense of urgency, and those who change careers under impulse are ultimately a minority.
For the consideration of career change, the level of competition is the most important criterion
So, what is the opportunity for amateur players to turn professional? What criteria do they tend to base their decisions on?
In this regard, the China Higher Education Association has pointed out a clear path for amateur players who have reached the age of 16:
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Participate in the qualifying tournaments of the China Men's and Women's Professional Tour and obtain membership;
02
Participate in professional competitions with world points and get the top three (including tied);
03
Top 5 in the year-end youth rankings of the China Higher Education Association (Group A);
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China Amateur Open, China Amateur Championship, China Amateur Classic, China Amateur Championship;
05
Obtain professional tour membership overseas and in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan;
In addition, with the special approval of the China Higher Education Association, members of the national training team under the age of 16 are also eligible to become professional players.
Many amateur players turn professional after winning one or more national amateur matches. The lineup and venue setting of these national amateur events are arranged with reference to the standards of professional events. Winning the national amateur event at least shows that their level of competition can look at the whole country at the amateur level and have the basis to attack the professional field.
To be in the top three in professional competitions with world points is even better. Currently, events with world points are at least national-level tour events. Only the Central Tour, the Japanese Tour, the Korean Tour and the Asian Tour (including the second level) in Asia meet this requirement, the lineup of each event is remarkable, most of them are professional players, and they can compete to get the top three, to say that their competitive level has not reached the professional level, in addition to my modesty and low-key, I am afraid that few people believe? McIlroy finished tied for 42nd at the 2007 British Open and won the "Best Amateur Player" award that year, and soon after turning professional, he was 18 years old.
To be able to perform so well in a Grand Slam tournament, even if McIlroy wanted to slow down, he would be pushed in the direction of the profession.
The same goes for British player Tom Luiz. After taking the lead in the first round of the British Open in 2011 and eventually finishing tied for 30, it was only a matter of time before Luiz switched careers. His response after the British Open was not in a hurry, saying: "Playing with Mickelson, I felt very uncomfortable, especially around the green. If you're going to compete with the best players in the world, you have to cut and put the ball like they do. I still have a lot to learn because I lost about 20 strokes this week. ”
Luis didn't leave himself much time to study, and after representing England in the Walker Cup, he turned professional and won the Portuguese Masters that year, showing the world that he was not a short-lived player.
Overseas Varsity and Professional Status: You can only choose one of the two
It is not unusual for these highly talented players to switch careers at the age of 18 or so after their debut in the big game. It's a question of why Woods didn't switch careers until he was 21? Mickelson won the PGA Tour in 1991, so why did he wait until 1992 to turn professional?
Wouldn't it be better to change careers early and get bonuses to improve your life?
Woods and Mickelson have their own considerations. McIlroy and Tom Lewis, because of their family fortune, switched careers as early as possible for financial reasons. Woods and Mickelson don't have this pressure, and they can arrange their lives more calmly.
After Winning the U.S. Amateur Championship for 3 consecutive years and being invincible in the amateur world, Woods has no regrets in his amateur career, and has earned enough honors for Stanford University, even if he did not graduate, but the college life experience is almost the same. With a choice between college students and professionals, Woods finally joined the PGA Tour in 1996.
Mickelson was even more vocal, having only switched careers after graduating from the University of Arizona, during which time he also won many honors for his alma mater.
Speaking of this, we should understand that in addition to the strict requirements of the competitive level, if you want to go to overseas varsity teams for training, the career plan has to be slowed down.
It is worth mentioning that rose ZHANG, a Chinese-American player who is the world number one in the women's amateur world and has won the "Mark McCormek Award" for two consecutive years, is currently studying at Tiger Woods' alma mater Stanford University, she was enrolled in September last year, and became the main member of the golf team of the school in the first year of college, and participated in the first three NCAA tournaments after enrollment, surpassing Woods' record of three wins and two wins in this tournament that year. What are the world's most watched golf potential stars planning for his future golf career? Let's wait and see!