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Originally Posted by txdome
What type of purses do these things have?
The big events usually give a couple thousand to the winner, maybe as much as $5,000 for the majors. The top pros have made about $40,000 to $50,000 in earnings per year in recent years. I have no idea what kind of money they make in sponsorships.
In other words, not big money. There's players out there who are good enough to tour nationally, but the money isn't good enough for them to do so. Probably only 40-50 guys travel extensively.
At some point, I firmly believe some TV network will give disc golf a shot. Then the money may get bigger.
As someone mentioned, the JomezPro Youtube coverage is pretty great. SpinTV, Central Coast Disk Golf and a couple others do well, too.