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Should pros be amateurs again?
Amateur golfer Trip Kuehne says pros shouldn't be forced back to amateur status.
In brief
Amateur golfer Trip Kuehne says pros shouldn't be forced back to amateur status. Amateur golfer Trip Kuehne says pros shouldn't be forced back to amateur status. Originally reported by Golf.
Trip Kuehne's camera moment

Trip Kuehne joked about being nervous when asked if pro golfers should be reinstated as amateurs.
“I got to figure out where my hand is, in the way the damn camera”
Kuehne's amateur background

Kuehne won the 2007 Mid-Amateur and was runner-up to Tiger Woods at the 1994 U.S. Amateur.
Kuehne's baseball analogy

Kuehne compared pro golfers to triple A baseball players who never played in the major leagues.
“My heart of hearts tells me, listen, if you only made it to the triple a in baseball, you were never a major leaguer”
Kuehne's stance on PGA Tour
Kuehne suggested pros with fewer than 100 starts might be eligible for amateur status.
“I think the answer lies somewhere in the number of starts, whether it’s 50 starts, 75 starts, i think 100’s probably too much”
Kuehne's challenge for pros
Kuehne said former pros who played on satellite tours were harder to beat than current amateurs.
“The hardest guy in the world to beat for me was the guy that played 10 years on tour, made his living, not on the Tour, but on a satellite tour”
The one thing
Amateur golfer Trip Kuehne says pros shouldn't be forced back to amateur status.





