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I don't think there's enough interest to raise $10 million.

 

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On what planet?? Tiger draws casual fans into watching the game. You the WRX golf pro who knows everything there is to know about golf may not watch but my 70 year old dad who does not even speak english let alone watch golf will tune in because he likes Tiger Woods.

 

$10M might be possible, but it is pretty ambitious for a presumably one day exhibition with only 2 players.

 

The purse for most of the majors and the Players is about $10M (US Open is $12M). Those are real championships, with four days of coverage.

Tiger's own silly season event (also a 4 day tournament) has a $3.5M purse.

 

And you are comparing this to golf tournaments because? This is not a golf tournament.

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I don't think there's enough interest to raise $10 million.

 

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On what planet?? Tiger draws casual fans into watching the game. You the WRX golf pro who knows everything there is to know about golf may not watch but my 70 year old dad who does not even speak english let alone watch golf will tune in because he likes Tiger Woods.

 

$10M might be possible, but it is pretty ambitious for a presumably one day exhibition with only 2 players.

 

The purse for most of the majors and the Players is about $10M (US Open is $12M). Those are real championships, with four days of coverage.

Tiger's own silly season event (also a 4 day tournament) has a $3.5M purse.

 

And you are comparing this to golf tournaments because? This is not a golf tournament.

 

Because comparing it to other golf events makes more sense than "my Dad likes Tiger Woods".

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I don't think there's enough interest to raise $10 million.

 

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On what planet?? Tiger draws casual fans into watching the game. You the WRX golf pro who knows everything there is to know about golf may not watch but my 70 year old dad who does not even speak english let alone watch golf will tune in because he likes Tiger Woods.

 

$10M might be possible, but it is pretty ambitious for a presumably one day exhibition with only 2 players.

 

The purse for most of the majors and the Players is about $10M (US Open is $12M). Those are real championships, with four days of coverage.

Tiger's own silly season event (also a 4 day tournament) has a $3.5M purse.

 

And you are comparing this to golf tournaments because? This is not a golf tournament.

 

Because comparing it to other golf tournaments makes more sense than "my Dad likes Tiger Woods".

 

I think you are missing the point here. My dad reference was to say that a Tiger and Phil match would draw casual fans. Yes its gimmicky from a pure golf standpoint but the argument that this event will not raise X amount of dollars because the US Open purse is X amount is not an apple to apples comparison. This is an exhibition putting two of this generations greatest golfers in a head to head made for TV match. THIS IS NOT A GOLF TOURNAMENT.

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On what planet?? Tiger draws casual fans into watching the game. You the WRX golf pro who knows everything there is to know about golf may not watch but my 70 year old dad who does not even speak english let alone watch golf will tune in because he likes Tiger Woods.

 

$10M might be possible, but it is pretty ambitious for a presumably one day exhibition with only 2 players.

 

The purse for most of the majors and the Players is about $10M (US Open is $12M). Those are real championships, with four days of coverage.

Tiger's own silly season event (also a 4 day tournament) has a $3.5M purse.

 

And you are comparing this to golf tournaments because? This is not a golf tournament.

 

Because comparing it to other golf tournaments makes more sense than "my Dad likes Tiger Woods".

 

I think you are missing the point here. My dad reference was to say that a Tiger and Phil match would draw casual fans. Yes its gimmicky from a pure golf standpoint but the argument that this event will not raise X amount of dollars because the US Open purse is X amount is not an apple to apples comparison. This is an exhibition putting two of this generations greatest golfers in a head to head made for TV match. THIS IS NOT A GOLF TOURNAMENT.

 

No need to shout. Sure, it will draw casual fans. Not so easy to see how it will draw $10M worth, since the biggest events in the game only pay out about that and have about 8x the number of broadcast hours.

 

What precedent is there to suggest that this hypothetical event could support a purse of that size?

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My goodness, Hank Haney is promoting this event like he's got a stake in it. He is pushing the idea that this will be a pay-per-view event. Would you pay? I pay for cable already, and this isn't even a competition. It is an exhibition of two middle-aged golfers past their prime, like the Skins Game shows were.

 

What it all shows me is how desperate the golf world is for a dominating force, not a group of frat boys wrapped up in a bromance of fame and money, slapping each other on the back without a care in the world, including the fire to dominate.

 

I am curious to see how Tiger and Phil would respond to the pressure of the faux match, but both are so secure in their own worlds, with their best years behind them, that this will be more of a warm and fuzzy show of two men wandering a green lap of luxury than the fight of the century.

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What's money to these guys? Especially if it's not their own. Have the revenue go to charity.

 

They should play for pure bragging rights and something that has great value to them personally.

 

Like, Phil has to put up his dinosaur head. If it's real, gotta be worth a couple of $MM and I think it was a gift from Amy.

 

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And wonder what TW could put up of equal financial and sentimental value? He is notoriously cheap and doesn't seem very sentimental. But he must have something to put up.

 

So, the winner gets the losers loot.

 

Also, loser has to sit in a carnival dunk tank while the winner chips balls at the target til they go in!

 

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Of course we will watch, like we would watch any crazy sports exhibition. But I won’t pay extra for sure. Promoters are trying to make it important, which is laughable. No drama here and nothing to attract mote players.

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My goodness, Hank Haney is promoting this event like he's got a stake in it. He is pushing the idea that this will be a pay-per-view event. Would you pay? I pay for cable already, and this isn't even a competition. It is an exhibition of two middle-aged golfers past their prime, like the Skins Game shows were.

 

What it all shows me is how desperate the golf world is for a dominating force, not a group of frat boys wrapped up in a bromance of fame and money, slapping each other on the back without a care in the world, including the fire to dominate.

 

I am curious to see how Tiger and Phil would respond to the pressure of the faux match, but both are so secure in their own worlds, with their best years behind them, that this will be more of a warm and fuzzy show of two men wandering a green lap of luxury than the fight of the century.

 

This is by far the worst idea since the Mayweather MacGregor fight. At least that was worth paying for because anytime someone hits Floyd, it makes me smile

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I think $10 million is pretty easy. The TV rights and cross marketing etc. When the Browns play the Steelers it's likely irrelevant to the Super Bowl, but fanboys will buy terrible towels and dog hats and all that stuff. Even on WRX there seem to be passionate factions for TW or FIGJAM. Willing to bet that site traffic would rise and the thread would go over 100 pages.

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I could care less about this match (I could also care more).

 

Unless they play for their own money, it's a carney sham(e).

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Not making it about money is a good idea. Like Funk's skirt when Annika out-drove him.

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i think the promoters should really consider not making the money the main prize here..

 

something like one day on Tiger's yacht vs Phil caddying for a whole tournament,....or a donation to charity FROM THEIR OWN MONEY of a minimum $1M....etc...

 

...any other ideas guys?

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i think the promoters should really consider not making the money the main prize here..

 

something like one day on Tiger's yacht vs Phil caddying for a whole tournament,....or a donation to charity FROM THEIR OWN MONEY of a minimum $1M....etc...

 

...any other ideas guys?

 

See post #63 on page 3. No money involved.

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i think the promoters should really consider not making the money the main prize here..

 

something like one day on Tiger's yacht vs Phil caddying for a whole tournament,....or a donation to charity FROM THEIR OWN MONEY of a minimum $1M....etc...

 

...any other ideas guys?

 

See post #63 on page 3. No money involved.

 

 

 

yes!!...

 

more ideas like this would be welcome..

 

in any case if it's just about money again....what else is new???

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I can find no money or financial element that makes this interesting. There has to be an avoidance element involved. It has to be something that neither of them want to do.

 

I propose a craft beer and demo club summit where tiger and Phil attend and the loser has to give a TED like round review talk to explain how they lost while the other one adds color and commentary. Lots of color and commentary.

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I could care less about this match (I could also care more). Unless they play for their own money, it's a carney sham(e).

 

its couldn't care less. it does not make any sense to say i could care less.

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