At the Tour Championship, Geoff Ogilvy remarked that without the imapct of Tiger Woods, weekly purses might be closer to $2.5-million instead of the $5 to $8 million that most events offer now.
Check out the 2006 PGA Tour schedule below, with the purses rolled back to 1999 levels (in most cases), then ask yourself --
Would I mind playing the tour as presented below? And with the purses as shown below?
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Estimated total prize money .................. $132,000,000.00
Average per each official event (46 events) .. $ 2,869,562.21+
## Date Event Purse | 1st Prize
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1. 1/ 5-8 Mercedes Championships $3.000-m | $ 540,000
2. 1/12-15 SONY-Hawaiian Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
3. 1/18-22 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic $3.000-m | $ 540,000
4. 1/26-29 Buick-San Diego Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
5. 2/ 2-5 FBR Phoenix Open $3.000-m | $ 540,000
6. 2/ 9-12 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Amateur $3.000-m | $ 540,000
7. 2/16-19 Nissan-Los Angeles Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
8. 2/23-26 Tucson-Home of the Sun Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
9. 3/ 2-5 Doral-Ford Open $3.000-m | $ 540,000
10. 3/ 9-12 Honda Classic $2.500-m | $ 450,000
11. 3/16-19 Bay Hill Invitational $2.500-m | $ 450,000
12. 3/23-26 Players Championship $4.000-m | $ 720,000
13. 3/30-4/2 BELL SOUTH Atlanta Classic $2.500-m | $ 450,000
14. 4/ 6-9 Masters Tournament $4.000-m | $ 720,000
15. 4/13-16 Verizon-Heritage Golf Classic $2.500-m | $ 450,000
16. 4/20-23 Shell's Wonderful Houston Open $3.000-m | $ 540,000
17. 4/27-30 Zurich-New Orleans Classic $2.500-m | $ 450,000
18. 5/ 4-7 Wachovia Championship $3.000-m | $ 540,000
19. 5/11-14 EDS-Byron Nelson Classic $3.000-m | $ 540,000
20. 5/18-21 Bank of America Colonial $2.500-m | $ 450,000
21. 5/25-28 Fed Ex St. Jude Classic $2.500-m | $ 450,000
22. 6/ 1-4 The Memorial Tournament $2.500-m | $ 450,000
23. 6/ 8-11 Barclays-Westchester Classic $2.500-m | $ 450,000
24. 6/15-18 United States Open $4.000-m | $ 720,000
25. 6/22-25 Buick-Greater Hartford Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
26. 6/29-7/2 Bell Canadian Open $3.000-m | $ 540,000
27. 7/ 6-9 Cialis Western Open $3.000-m | $ 540,000
28. 7/13-16 John Deere Classic $2.500-m | $ 450,000
29. 7/20-23 British Open Championship $4.000-m | $ 720,000
30. 7/20-23 B.C. Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
31. 7/27-30 US Bank-Greater Milwaukee Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
32. 8/ 3-6 Buick Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
33. 8/10-13 The International $3.000-m | $ 540,000
34. 8/17-20 PGA Championship $4.000-m | $ 720,000
35. 8/24-27 Bridgestone World Series of Golf $4.000-m | $ 720,000
36. 8/24-27 Reno-Tahoe Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
37. 9/ 1-4 Deutsche Bank U.S.A. Classic $3.000-m | $ 540,000
38. 9/ 7-10 The Booz Allen Capital Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
39. 9/14-17 84 Lumber Pennsylvania Classic $2.500-m | $ 450,000
40. 9/21-24 Southern Farm Bureau Classic $2.500-m | $ 450,000
The 2006 Biennial Ryder Cup Matches
September 21-24 | Kildare, Ireland | U.S.A. vs Europe
41. 9/28-31 Valero Texas Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
42. 10/ 5-8 City of Las Vegas Classic $3.000-m | $ 540,000
43. 10/12-15 Chrysler-Greensboro Open $2.500-m | $ 450,000
44. 10/19-22 FUNAI-Walt Disney Golf Classic $2.500-m | $ 450,000
45. 10/26-29 Chrysler-Tampa Bay Classic $2.500-m | $ 450,000
46. 11/ 2-5 Tour Championship by Coca-Cola $4.000-m | $ 720,000
Thanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Sport
Last edited by Frank-0-Sport : November 7th, 2006 at 03:03 AM.
If I won a PGA event in 2006 or going forward, I'd want to donate at least 10% of my purse to Tiger as appreciation for his contribution to the popularity of golf and the PGA in general.
Tiger has been pretty good about not throwing his weight around on tour. He could demand, and probably get, all kinds of special considerations from both the tour office and each individual tournament if he wanted. I suspect he could influence the advertising revenue on TV enough to demand a part of the additional money the networks get just from his appearance.
So far, he has opted not to take advantage of his huge popularity in that way, but I believe he could. Fortunately, the man loves the game of golf and wants to have a place to compete. He dreamed of being a part of the tour and winning just like Nicklaus. i believe that is what still drives him.
yep, but geoff oglivy won when the us open when tiger was in the field if im correct, he just didnt make the cut in like the first tournament in 30 years hhahahaha
Yo, StiCard25 -- it's none other than one of the many alter egos in my head.
Don't you have one - or More?
Thanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Sport ... and his "friends"
No problem, Frank...I was just shuffling through my brain trying to figure out who in the last few years that might have represented. Thanks for sharing the immense data you've compiled with us in your time here.
Scenario 1 "As in actuality, minus two events"
## EVENT PLACE Money
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1. Buick-San Diego Open WIN-1 $ 450,000
2. Nissan-Los Angeles W/D
3. Doral-Ford Open WIN-2 $ 540,000
4. Bay Hill Invitational T-20 (6) $ 27,084
5. Players Ch. T-22 (5) $ 38,400
6. Masters T-3 (5) $ 180,400
7. US Open CUT
8. Western Open T-2 (2) $ 264,000
9. British Open WIN-3 $ 720,000
10. Buick Open WIN-4 $ 450,000
11. PGA Championship WIN-5 $ 720,000
12. Bridgestone WSOG WIN-6 $ 720,000
13. Deutsche Bank WIN-7 $ 540,000
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$4,694,884
On the schedule presented earlier, the Accenture Match Play
and American Express Championship do not exist.
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Scenario 2 "Against My Alter Ego"
## EVENT PLACE Money
--------------------------------------------------------
1. Buick-San Diego Open WIN-1 $ 450,000
2. Nissan-Los Angeles W/D
3. Doral-Ford Open WIN-2 $ 540,000
4. Bay Hill Invitational T-21 (6) $ 25,000
5. Players Ch. T-23 (5) $ 35,600
6. Masters T-3 (5) $ 180,400
7. US Open CUT
8. Western Open T-2 (3) $ 224,000
9. British Open WIN-3 $ 720,000
10. Buick Open WIN-4 $ 450,000
11. PGA Championship 2nd $ 432,000
12. Bridgestone WSOG 2nd $ 432,000
13. Deutsche Bank 2nd $ 324,000
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$3,813,000
PGA of America Player-of-the-Year award
Player WINS Scoring Money TOTAL
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Tiger Woods 30-10-10-10 1st - 20 2nd - 18 98
My Alter Ego 30-20-10 2nd - 18 1st - 20 98
20 points were awarded to World Series of Golf winner.
Even though Tiger was ineligible for the Vardon Trophy,
his scoring average supremacy is recognized here.
November 7th, 2006, 02:07 AM
A PGA Tour Schedule Minus Tiger's Impact
Not many players win three events in a season.
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