tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post111306002864866721..comments2016-05-17T18:00:20.569-07:00Golf Grouch[email protected]Blogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-91282222770451685732007-03-21T17:01:00.000-07:002007-03-21T17:01:00.000-07:00Jamboy - Tiger gets paid 3 or 4 million US$ in appearance to play in NZ and Asia - possibly even Dubai.<BR/><BR/>No one in Australia will pony up that sort of money, so we haven't seen him here for a decade or so.Calhttps://www.theyearingolf.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1162620109533856292006-11-03T22:01:00.000-08:002006-11-03T22:01:00.000-08:00tom pernice should be grateful for Tiger. Tiger has probably doubled the purses on tour. If he does not want to play the Tour Championship, he should not have to. pernice should just go suck up to vj some more. Thank goodness for Tiger.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1115916799163270032005-05-12T09:53:00.000-07:002005-05-12T09:53:00.000-07:00Jam boy was only partly right about appearance fees. They are a common occurance everywhere in the world EXCEPT on the U.S. PGA Tour and major championships. However, it is usually only the top players that get them because they would bring extra spectators. So next time you see Tiger, Els, Singh, Mickelson or Goosen playing in Europe, Asia or bumf*ck, you'll know why.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1114627261300350012005-04-27T11:41:00.000-07:002005-04-27T11:41:00.000-07:00A golf pro buddy of mine used to work with Jim McLean. He thinks very highly of him, but he also says that McLean is one strange dude. Lots of personality quirks and oddities. Maybe my buddy and Hank saw the same behavior, but just reacted differently to it. -- Bogey McDuff, https://texasgolf.blogspot.comBogey McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071761533398025344[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1114205903400786432005-04-22T14:38:00.000-07:002005-04-22T14:38:00.000-07:00Maybe this is just wishful thinking, but I don't really see a fight breaking out on the PGA Tour. I mean, you do have a few good points in there. The harsh words are starting. And I love Phil, but there is another side to him. I don't think it's a secret how much he gambles. It's rumored that he's always in and out of debt. But the PGA Tour is a place where you get fined for throwing your ball into the crowd while CELEBRATING. These guys are conditioned to exercise restraint whenever possible, because if they were to completely let themselves go, they would certainly lose all of their composure and start screwing up hole after hole after hole. Golf is also the only sport that normally (perhaps with player's like Tiger there's an exception) doesn't pay any kind of appearance fee. So if you don't make it to the weekend, you're not getting any money. These guys (most of them anyway) can't afford to risk a big fine or lose their card because of a stupid fight. They have all worked too hard to long to see their dreams of playing on the PGA Tour squashed. I think if there were to be a fight, it would be an enraged fan running onto the course and a player defending himself. Crowds can be rough these days.Jam Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526015123274386847[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1114058936265169422005-04-20T21:48:00.000-07:002005-04-20T21:48:00.000-07:00Haney may think McLean's an axelrod because the latter did an article for Golf Magazine or Golf Digest or some such mag a while back essentially trashing Tiger's swing--this was some time after Tiger started working with Haney.Dr. Bloorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00543615516450903827[email protected]