There are several older
threads that have tier info. Like:
WGT – Tiers
- When you have played at least 5 ranked rounds - and your average score is equal to or lower
than 100 you go from Hack to Amateur.
- When you have played at least 10 ranked rounds - and your average score is equal to or lower
than 80 you go from Amateur to Pro.
- When you have played at least 20 ranked rounds - and your average score is equal to or lower
than 72 you go from Pro to Tour Pro
- When you have played at least 30 ranked rounds - and your average score is equal to or lower
than 67 you go from Tour Pro to Master
- When you
have played at least 40 ranked
rounds - and your average score is equal to or lower than
63 you go from Master to Tour Master
- When you have played at least 50 ranked rounds - and your average score is equal to or lower
than 61 you go from Tour Master to Legend
- When you have played at least 500 ranked rounds - and your average score is equal to or lower
than 60 you go from Legend to Tour
Legend
Notice that those
minimal number of ranked rounds are also the number of best rounds used to
compute your average in that particular tier. So if you are Tour Master for
example, your average is computed with your best 50 ranked round (that's why
you need at least 50 rounds to move up). Also – to thwart players who purposely shoot high scores so they
don’t ‘tier up’, WGT will adjust scoring average based on Match Play and
similar game type wins.
WGTadmin:
We use an algorithm to
determine when a player is eligible to move to a new tier, which takes into
account a number of factors including number of ranked games played.
These numbers scale by tier, so it's necessary to shoot a lower average to
advance and to play more games to reach higher tiers. For example, when
you reach Tour Master, you will need to play a larger number of ranked rounds
than you had as a Master, maintaining a low average, to tier up to Legend.
Additionally, in
response to WGT player feedback about sandbagging (misrepresenting one's true
ability to gain advantage by playing at a lower tier from closer tee boxes),
WGT is using more than just ranked stroke play scores to determine each
player's average score and appropriate tier ranking.
For obvious reasons, WGT
is not sharing exact details of these changes, but they include factoring in
scores from players who perform well in tournaments and challenge games for
credits. We still encourage the community's feedback on Sandbagging, but
believe this is an important step to reducing the practice and keeping the game
fair.
Finally, most of our top
players have posted close estimates for players to try to gauge their progress
in advancing tiers. Here is a good thread to read:
http://www.wgt.com/forums/p/9085/707139.aspx#707139