Then, he was trying for the fifth time to earn his PGA Tour playing privileges at qualifying school, and things were not going at all well.

Golfers will find links courses along the coast - at Montrose, Macduff, Peterhead and Spey Bay, for example - most of which offer visitors playing privileges.

The victory also secured his full European Tour playing privileges for the next two seasons.

McQuillan earned 2011 PGA Tour playing privileges in December, 2010.

This made him the first black South African player to earn European Tour playing privileges since Vincent Tshabalala in 1976.

DeCorso earned full Nationwide Tour playing privileges in the 2007 PGA Tour qualifying process.

That the top 125 players are guaranteed playing privileges for next season is a reward for mediocrity that does not promote a win-at-all-costs attitude.

In his 40s, Green had difficulty maintaining his PGA Tour playing privileges and was forced to play some on the Nationwide Tour.

The Club also provides junior memberships which gives relatives of members extra playing privileges as well as access to all of the club's practice facilities.

Without playing privileges on any of the major professional golf tours, he did not intend on attending the New Zealand Open that year.