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So I wonder how Jim Justice feels after shelling out 1.8 million to Tiger and 1 million for Phil to play the Greenbrier only to have both players miss the cut for the weekend?

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According to a source close to Justice, Tiger Woods was paid — indirectly, so as not to contravene PGA Tour rules that prohibit appearance fees — $1.8 million to sprinkle star dust on the Old White course this week.

For the second straight year, Justice indirectly paid Phil Mickelson $1 million and, for the second straight year, the Californian left the stately Greenbrier resort early after laying an egg.

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They still sell tickets and advertising prior to the event by promoting the fact that they will be there so while it wasn't probably the desired outcome, I don't think it was a total loss.

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It has to be disappointing. When Tiger played the Honda, they brought in extra bleachers, porta pots, food, drink, concession, buses, etc. He was close to not making the cut but finished birdie-birdie to squeak in. I was thinking about all those extra hot dogs that they bought would go to waste as he boosted attendance and how many people would not come if he missed the cut. Since he made the cut that weekend (remember the big Sunday finish) record crowds continued so there was no loss. The big question is how was attendance affected on Saturday and Sunday at the Greenbrier compared to Thursday and Friday and how was it compared to the year before?

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I'm confused. What does 'sprinkle star dust on the Old White Course' mean? And how did that 'coax' Tiger & Phil to play it? And how did that money find its way into Tiger & Phil's bank accounts?

If it means Justice put some money into the event to coax Tiger & Phil to play, well, it worked. They played.


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While I'm sure Justice is disappointed that he didn't get the Sunday ratings boost he would have gotten from having Tiger and Phil in contention he still had the two of them there for the pro-am and other hospitality outings that make up a significant portion of the revenue and attention generation of a PGA tournament.  It was a gamble on Justice's part, but it was one with significant hedging.

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i can only imagine the lack of turnout they would have gotten - i'm sure a lot of the people who drove 5+ hours would've stayed home had tiger/phil not participated.


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Originally Posted by TN94z

So I wonder how Jim Justice feels after shelling out 1.8 million to Tiger and 1 million for Phil to play the Greenbrier only to have both players miss the cut for the weekend?


Until someone goes on record it is all just speculative BS, IMO.

But then again, what the hell do I know?

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This type of story is not new. Word was Tiger got some compensation for playing in the Fry's. Who knows, I am sure they make it really hard to prove.

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Tiger got paid i 2 - 2.5million to come to australia a few years ago. The winning purse was only $250,000.

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Originally Posted by mchepp

This type of story is not new. Word was Tiger got some compensation for playing in the Fry's. Who knows, I am sure they make it really hard to prove.

You should see his home theater system.

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Tiger got paid i 2 - 2.5million to come to australia a few years ago. The winning purse was only $250,000.

No...that is not true.... The Melbourne government paid TW 3 million big ones for the tournament in 2009...just before his life unraveled.... Ray


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