CALLUM TRAHAN RISES 540 PLACES IN WORLD AMATEUR RANKINGS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Meldrum House Golf Club member Callum Trahan has risen 540 places in this week's R and A World Amateur Golf Rankings after finishing joint 32nd in the Canadian Professional Tour's autumn qualifying school at Burlington, Ontario.
Torphins-based Trahan, pictured, shot 77, 71, 68 and 74 for a two-over-par total of 290 which placed him 37th of 54. Only the leading seven gained playing rights for the Canadian Tour.
Trahan was 2693 in the World Rankings before his trip to Canada - and 2153 when he returned.
I have expounded on this website in the past that ruling pro golf bodies all over the world exploit the desire of young men (and women) to turn professional and play in qualifying schools.
The entrance fees are way over the top. Something like £1,500 for the 2011 European Tour School.
The Canadian Tour have carried this means to making money to a new height - they have not one but THREE qualifying schools a year.  And at each one they charge the entrant Canadian $2,500. What a rip-off!