SCGA Knowledgebase: If a players competes in a hole-in-one, closest to the hole, long drive or putting contest for a cash prize, is he considered to be "playing for prize money"?

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5. If a players competes in a hole-in-one, closest to the hole, long drive or putting contest for a cash prize, is he considered to be "playing for prize money"? - Top

No, only the player who wins and accepts the cash prize would forfeit his amateur status. - Updated: September 1, 2005

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5. If a players competes in a hole-in-one, closest to the hole, long drive or putting contest for a cash prize, is he considered to be "playing for prize money"? - Top: No, only the player who wins and accepts the cash prize would forfeit his amateur status. - Updated: September 1, 2005