ArtAcer:I read that tournaments are divided by tier, meaning that you play tournaments against others of your tier. I am a hack and I havent found that to be the case. The tournaments that I enter seem to have much higher tiers on them, and I don't have a realistic chance of placing.
Just an example. Let's say someone enters a monthly tournament on the 1st of the monts as a hack or amateur. By the time the end of the monts arrives, he can already be a tour pro, but his results in that tourney will count in the tier he was when he entered (hack or amateur). He'll also be able to play that tournament from hack tees every time, even though his regular tees will be longer. But the scores will count for the average of his current tier. I hope I didn't complicate it too much, but that's how you get pros and tour pros in the amateur leaderboard.
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