By: M. Taylor

M. Taylor — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:39:07 +0000

You say you have no issues with Tiger playing in Australia, yet your article reek of sarcasm. FYI:
1) Tiger is very loyal to the US Tour – you can count on one hand the number of times per year that he plays internationally.
2) Phil, VJ, Ernie, John Daley, Camillio, Montgomerie, Anthony Kim, Tom Lehman, Fred Couples, Paddy Harrington, Retief Goosen, etc. – all take appearance dollars. Do you think some of them play out of the goodness of their heart for $400 US winner’s cheque which they might or might not win.
3) Tiger always play to win wheather on US soil or out of the US.
4) Tiger could run himself ragged accepting endorsement dollars but he does not. He is selective, so why should he not be paid top rate?
5) Do you think that it does not take effort to run a US PGA Tournament at the top level.
6) Tiger gets no more that the US PGA Tour rules allow. Tiger does not even sit on the Policy Board and Davis Love III is the Chair. Players who have more say that Tiger in these matters are Tom Pernice Jr., Ogilvie (whose ambition is to become commissioner), Davis Love III, etc.
So what if Tiger does not play Disney. He has not played it for a while. Most of the top players no longer play the Fall Series and instead travel Internationally, even newcomers like Anthony Kim and Camillio and they are nowhere near the achievements of Tiger. AK is now experiencing problems with all this chasing of $$.

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By: M. Taylor