Australian Masters champion Tiger Woods was
Tiger Woods Masters in Australia last weekend, winning the prize money only a few numbers around 270,000 U.S. dollars, but in his career champion Tiger Woods is not the number of checks in the smallest one, ranked sixth in the countdown. Woods smallest winner’s check in Asia in 1997, winning the Honda Classic for the 48,450 U.S. dollars prize money.
Woods previously won a smaller nominal figures are twice winner’s check on the PGA Tour. In 1996, after winning the Disney Classic, Woods earned 21.6 million dollars. The next season, the first race of 1997 Mercedes Championships, he won only after a number of 216,000 won. However, shortly into the 1997 PGA Tour began to negotiate new television contracts, in subsequent years the PGA Tour’s prize giving rise to a substantial growth.
Ranked next to last in 2000 Johnnie Walker Classic, the Champions checks 190,798 U.S. dollars; Tiger Woods won in 1998 Johnnie Walker Classic victory when the prize for the 223,061 U.S. dollars.
Of course, Tiger Woods took in overseas competition is appearance fees, the amount of a lot more than the winner’s check. For example, the Australian Masters Tiger Woods received appearance fees as high as 3 million U.S. dollars, is 12 times the winner’s check.
According to some insiders, to the Australian competition, high taxes for 48% of prize money, compared with only 20% in China. This is the Australian golf tournament attracts the top players play less than one of the reasons. In fact, other than Tiger Woods, there is no number of international stars participating in the Australian Masters. This makes the game winner in the world ranking points only 28 points, far below the same week at the UBS Hong Kong Open (44 points). This is also the 2000 Johnnie Walker Classic (24 points), the Tiger Woods won the championship after the lowest world ranking points.
