Sabbatini Ruffles Freddie's Feathers

[spackler]

Only difference here nhwott is that golf is the only sport where you only get paid if you play and perform, normally Rory would have gotten squat for pulling this stunt.....this was a charity event with guaranteed money for the players who were invited and who showed up. IMO showing up means for the entire tournament.

I bet that the Rory would have stayed around if he was going to have to forfeit his cash

Actually, the tournament is governed by PGA Tour rules. If a player pulls out of a normal tour event after playing the third round, they're automatically awarded last place money. In a guaranteed money event like the Mercedes, the players only have to pull out after registering to receive their last place money. I think there was an issue with Stephen Ames doing that last year with the Tour Championship. He never even went to the tournament site, but because he registered to play, and then withdrew on the Monday, he still received last place money.

All that said I agree with Shivas, I think Rory owed Tiger the courtesy of letting him or the tournament officials know that he was withdrawing.

[Hacker]

Actually, the tournament is governed by PGA Tour rules. If a player pulls out of a normal tour event after playing the third round, they're automatically awarded last place money.

Fair enough Spackler, but last place $$ in a regular tour event is no where near $140K