showcasing and players started putting in their best effort. the hero women s professional golf tour was still limited to 25 players, 26 players, 30 players, primarily because of lack of funds. we just didn t have the money to block courses and pay capitation fees to big courses, so we limited the field. and in the years 2011, 12, up to 15, 16, we did have a lot of young golfers from thailand and malaysia who came to play on tour. it evolved slowly, but surely. so now, you know, we have slowly grown to more than 50 players. we have 50 professional players, from the start,
like i said, of one professional. how do you see the future of women s golf? i believe that we need to infuse more sponsorship into our tour. more money. 0ur prize money is not enough, i would say, at the moment. it needs to double up. after the r&a tweaked their rules on prize money for amateur golfers, lots of parents have been trying to get their children, their daughters, into the hero women s professional golf tour. possibly our whole year s prize money is probably equal to one tournament in the men s professional golf tour, the pgti. so when you see that, you know, little bit of disparity, or possibly not enough people putting money into women s golf as a career, i honestly believe that golf is. it s a skilled, skilled professional. it s a skilled, you know, game.
was the game changer. we were very, very fortunate that our talent, by that time, was recognised. a little bit of talent started showcasing and players started putting in their best effort. the hero women s professional golf tour was still limited to 25 players, 26 players, 30 players, primarily because of lack of funds. we just didn t have the money to block courses and pay capitation fees to big courses, so we limited the field. and in the years 2011, 12, up to 15, 16, we did have a lot of young golfers from thailand and malaysia who came to play on tour. it evolved slowly, but surely. so now, you know, we have
slowly grown to more than 50 players. we have 50 professional players, from the start, like i said, of one professional. how do you see the future of women s golf? i believe that we need to infuse more sponsorship into our tour. more money. 0ur prize money is not enough, i would say, at the moment. it needs to double up. after the r&a tweaked their rules on prize money for amateur golfers, lots of parents have been trying to get their children, their daughters, into the hero women s professional golf tour. possibly our whole year s prize money is probably equal to one tournament in the men s professional golf tour, the pgti. so when you see that, you know, little bit of disparity, or possibly not enough people putting money into women s golf as a career, i honestly believe that golf is. it s a skilled, skilled professional. it s a skilled, you know, game. and a lot more money must come into the game for us to grow
i believe that we need to infuse more sponsorship into our tour. more money. 0ur prize money is not enough, i would say, at the moment. it needs to double up. after the r&a tweaked their rules on prize money for amateur golfers, lots of parents have been trying to get their children, their daughters, into the hero women s professional golf tour. possibly our whole year s prize money is probably equal to one tournament in the men s professional golf tour, the pgti. so when you see that, you know, little bit of disparity, or possibly not enough people putting money into women s golf as a career, i honestly believe that golf is. it s a skilled,