Clubs have moved from amateur status to, in some cases, big commercial concerns.

They turned professional in 1984 and regained amateur status last year.

I think their amateur status is going to be in some jeopardy tonight.

He turned professional but regained his amateur status in the 1970s.

Making it worse was his own amateur status as a winter driver.

Players would have to declare their professional or amateur status.

English wait the required two years to regain her amateur status.

But the better he played in those events, the harder it became to maintain his amateur status.

In 2010 Thompson kept her amateur status for the first half of the year.

"I figure you've got to put in 20 years before you get past amateur status," she said.