When Is $1 Million Not Enough? Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson Pass

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Published: January 3, 2013

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At the opener of the 2013 PGA Tour season at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, the last time it will be the season opener, there are many big-name no-shows.   

Absent are Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Tiger Woods, Justin Rose—Nos. 1 through 4—as well as Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson.

This is not the first time, nor will it be the last time, guys at the top don’t start the year in Hawaii.  However, you can bet they are getting psyched up to finish as well in 2013 as they did in 2012.  With most of them being world players, not just U.S. players, they are saving up energy for weeks when they can get foreign-appearance money, even if that means adding a regular PGA Tour event to the schedule this year or next, if required, to play abroad when there’s a PGA Tour event.       

The purse at Hyundai is $5.7 million, and $1.14 million goes to the winner.  Only 30 players are currently in the field with last place being assured of something close to $70,000.  So, it does beg the question: When is this much money not enough?

This week, apparently, it’s not enough for some.

Like many of us, many golf families are still in the post-Christmas fog, trying to shake out cobwebs, get up for getting on planes and flying three or four (or more) thousand miles to what most would consider a golf paradise.  Some are just not ready to stare at suitcases again.  They are still resting and getting family time. However, many notables have arrived.

Masters champ Bubba Watson is ready to make the long par fives play like par threes.  U.S. Open champ Webb Simpson will make his second trip to test out the Maui turf. 

Steve Stricker is out of the hunting clothes and lathering on sunscreen, as is nine-time PGA Tour winner Zach Johnson.  The “other” Johnson, Dustin, who was injured for the first hal...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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