About 3 years ago I played a 100 dollar poker tournament that won me a seat into a 365 dollar tournament.

For my husband, travel to every major golf tournament for a year....

We get a ton of vacation traffic, and the PGA Tour recently announced a new tournament to be played in Myrtle Beach starting next year. 

Sea World and Universal is a large draw on top of golf, conferences and sporting tournaments. 

If your vacation home happens to be located near a major event — like a PGA golf tournament or a big multi-day concert — you may be able to rent the place out for a short period even at high rates and pay zero federal income tax.Tax-smart year-end strategy: The more rental days between now and year-end, the better — as long as they don’t exceed 14 days for the year.Rented more than 14 days with substantial personal useYour vacation home falls into this category if you rent it for more than 14 days during the year and your personal use exceeds the greater of:(1) 14 days or (2) 10% of the rental days.

Win a pickleball tournament in singles. 

I'm going to a tennis tournament (I love tennis).

One of my son's plays basketball and we seem to have a couple tournaments a year there.  

I met with my physician for an hour Monday. he is part owner of a very highly rated and respected sports medicine group, that was ultimately the deciding consultant for the recent cancellation of the 2020 BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells CA.