Seems to me that there are two definitions of "amateur" guys, as well as of "scratch" golfers.
First you have those guys who play the same 3 or 4 local courses (in some cases, less) on a very regular basis and probably play in a league or two and the local amateur tourneys. Like my son-in-law, who is one of these, these guys carry low or scratch handicaps and fairly regularly score and win. However, they are not playing pro setups nor are they playing for their living nor are they playing in front of thousands. I think most of these guys would have a hard time competing on the LPGA tour.
Then you have the amateurs who play the big amateur events, run by the USGA and subsidiary organizations. Some of these are college students good enough to have won golf scholarships, some are golf nuts who can afford to play more than they work a real job, and some are what I call professional amateurs (i.e.: Trip Kuehne, for many years). I would think that a good portion of the best of these could easily compete on the LPGA and a few could also have success on the PGA.
But what do I know.....maybe some of you scratch guys on here would fool me!
