DodgyPutter:
SamSpayed: I have also heard that if you go this route, you will not be able to earn any credits or prizes in tournaments with your restart account until your restart account reaches the tier you were at previously with your 1st account.
I've not heard that, it's something we used to assume but I've seen many restarts in the Showdown for example. I suppose that doesn't mean it's allowed but I've not seen anything saying it's not.
Sorry. I meant tier-specific tournaments. For example, if you were a Champion and closed that account and restarted, you would not be able to earn credits in tournaments like the tier-specific Ready-Gos or the weekly or monthly tournaments that WGT sponsors (where they pay the top 70 in each tier) until your new restart account reached the Champion tier.
The Showdowns, as you know, are not tier-specific. Everyone, regardless of tier, can choose to play in either Rookie, Veteran, or Expert. So, if WGT enforces their rules about not having more than one active account (and that's a big if), you wouldn't gain any Showdown advantage by restarting. You might as well stick with your current account, where you'd presumably have better clubs and balls that would allow you to score lower.