How to Attend the Gateway Pro Tour

The Gateway Pro Tour is a forum for aspiring professional golfers to hone their skills in order to compete at the PGA level. Successful alumni include Sean O'Hair, Kevin Stadler and Bubba Watson.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Entry fee
• Approved application

Get Tickets to the Gateway Golf Tour

1. Keep in mind that there are two separate geographic locations for the Gateway Pro Tour tournament series. The Desert series is based in Phoenix, Arizona, and the Beach series is held in West Palm Beach, Florida. Both the Desert series and the Beach series hold winter, spring and summer events.
2. Choose the Desert Series or Beach Series. Make any necessary travel arrangements and find out about ticketing information by contacting the Gateway Golf Tour at [phone].

Sharpen Your Skills at a Gateway Pro Tour Event

3. Register individually or enjoy the advantages of participating as a foursome. Groups of four will automatically be paired with a Gateway Tour golf professional, who will help you improve your game.
4. Join the tour by downloading the official application form, which is required of all golfers who wish to attend a Gateway Pro Tour event. The form is available on the Gateway Tour's official website (see Resources below).
5. Choose your package. The Pro-Am package includes not only your greens fee, but also lunch, dinner and admission to the gala tournament awards reception. The Tee package gets you a hat, vest, golf shirt and a dozen complimentary golf balls.
6. Confirm your reservation in the tournament well in advance. Because the number of players allowed to attend any given tournament is limited, the application process can be competitive.
7. Take advantage of special opportunities offered to tournament participants. Recently, the Gateway Pro Tour began offering golf-specific, personalized fitness instruction to members for a modest additional charge.
8. Get help making hotel reservations by using the Gateway Tour's accommodations recommendations (see Resources below).
9. Attend your tournament with the knowledge that you will emerge an improved golf player. You will also have the opportunity to make further donations to the charity benefiting from the event in which you participate.

Tips & Warnings

• Since tournament proceeds are donated to charity, you can opt to sponsor a hole for an additional fee that will go on to do some good work in the community.
• The Gateway Pro Tour website also has a service where you can join a waiting list to buy places in sold-out tournaments, if the person holding the reservation decides to sell them. (Conversely, you can also sell your reservations to someone on the waiting list if it turns out you can't attend.)
• Tournament fields have strict caps on the maximum number of players allowed to participate. Apply early.