A PGA Tour Schedule Minus Tiger's Impact

**FrankoSport** · 11-07-2006 01:49 AM

Greetings ...

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
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 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

**NoBack** · 11-07-2006 07:13 AM

The answer is yes of course. ANY day of the week.

Are you saying you woulnd play for those numbers???
Four days for half a million??

**EDSGOLF** · 11-07-2006 07:37 AM

I'd play for FREE

**Kilroy** · 11-07-2006 08:16 AM

Yup.
Some expensive rounds on that list. A week of free golf at each of those courses would be a dream retirement.

**Golfbum** · 11-07-2006 08:35 AM

One win and I would be good for the year

Salary Cap on the PGA Tour

**FrankoSport** · 11-08-2006 09:12 PM

Greetings ...

If I had a year like the one shown below, I'd be pretty happy.

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##   EVENT                          PLACE      Money
--------------------------------------------------------
 1.  Mercedes Championships         T-4  (3)   $ 124,000
 2.  Bob Hope                       T-14 (4)   $  52,500
 3.  Pebble Beach                   T-23 (5)   $  26,700
 4.  Los Angeles                    T-30 (7)   $  14,857
 5.  Bay Hill                       T-10 (6)   $  55,417
 6.  Players                        3rd        $ 272,000
 7.  Atlanta                        2nd        $ 270,000
 8.  Masters                        T-16 (4)   $  62,000
 9.  Heritage                       T-27 (10)  $  15,950
10.  Byron Nelson                   T-21 (6)   $  27,600
11.  Colonial                       T-30 (8)   $  14,531
12.  St Jude                        T-10 (7)   $  53,372
13.  Memorial                       T-14 (3)   $  45,000
14.  US Open                        T-16 (6)   $  58,000
15.  Canadian Open                  T-28 (2)   $  21,750
16.  Western Open                   T-2  (3)   $ 224,000
17.  135th Open Championship        T-22 (5)   $  38,400
18.  PGA Championship               WIN-1      $ 720,000
19.  Bridgestone WSOG               WIN-2      $ 720,000
20.  Deutsche Bank                  WIN-3      $ 540,000
21.  Greensboro                     T-12 (8)   $  44,688
22.  Disney                         T-4  (2)   $ 110,000
23.  Tampa Bay                      T-11 (3)   $  57,500
24.  Tour Championship              2nd        $ 432,000
                                               ---------
                                              $4,000,265
WINS - 3
(PGA Championship, World Series of Golf, Deutsche Bank)

2nd - 3 | 3rd - 1 | Top 5 - 9 | Top 10 - 11 | Top 25 - 20

Thanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Sport

**FrankoSport** · 11-08-2006 11:19 PM

Greetings ...

Finally, how would Tiger Woods have fared ..?

Two scenarios are presented below

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Scenario 1  "As in actuality, minus two events"

##   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-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
--------------------------------------------------------
                                              $4,694,884

On the schedule presented earlier, the Accenture Match Play
and American Express Championship do not exist.

_________________________________________________________

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
--------------------------------------------------------
                                              $3,813,000

PGA of America Player-of-the-Year award

Player        WINS          Scoring    Money      TOTAL
--------------------------------------------------------
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.

And that's all -- back to reality

Thanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Sport

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