Golf "Mini-Tours":
Below "third level tours" there are local "mini-tours". At this level there is no possibility of earning a living from the prize money and players compete purely to gain competitive experience. Some are employed as club or teaching professionals and play tournaments part time, some may have sponsors or family backing. The most prolific and lowest costing of all mini-tours having conducted over 2500 events between 1992 and 2006 is the Moonlightgolf.com Tour based in central Florida.
There have also been some well known sportsmen from other sports who, after retiring as wealthy men while still at an age when elite golfers are in their prime, have tried their luck as tournament golfers on the developmental tours, but none of them have made it into golf's elite so far. Examples include Ivan Lendl and Roy Wegerle.