Did Tiger and Phil get 'show up' money at Greenbrier?

Holy crap a new golf article! Read it slow guys, it's got to last you!!!!!!!!

Wow, after a month and a half, that's the best they could scrape out of the bin?

I don't really have an opinion on this article, I just want to post something before a new article pops up. Whew, made it!

How much money does it take to get them to show up? They are both fabulously wealthy and hardly need an extra couple hundred grand.

This article sounds like a writer making excuses for Tiger and Phil both playing like crap, as if to say "they came for the appearance money only and didn't really try".

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 03:25 PM ET  07.08 by Rex Racer

How much money does it take to get them to show up? They are both fabulously wealthy and hardly need an extra couple hundred grand. This article sounds like a writer making excuses for Tiger and Phil both playing like crap, as if to say "they came for the appearance money only and didn't really try".

Word on the street is that appearance money can often equal or exceed 1st place money, especially overseas and in the Middle East.

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 03:25 PM ET  07.08 by Rex Racer

How much money does it take to get them to show up? They are both fabulously wealthy and hardly need an extra couple hundred grand. This article sounds like a writer making excuses for Tiger and Phil both playing like crap, as if to say "they came for the appearance money only and didn't really try".

I can't answer that Rex but I know whatever the Greenbrier paid them it wasn't enough coz neither one of them "showed up!"

Yes!!! Page one of a golf thread. It's about as close to immortality as I'll get.

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Originally posted 07:25 PM ET  07.08 by Canuck eh?

I can't answer that Rex but I know whatever the Greenbrier paid them it wasn't enough coz neither one of them "showed up!"

True dat.

I have to admit, I'm a certified Tiger basher and watching him miss the cut was quite fun.

Captain Frontrunner just can't seem to come to grips with the fact that there are younger, stronger (non-steroid enhanced) guys who aren't afraid of him. His days of dominance are ovah!

Drick's been getting show-up money for years.

QUOTE(#6):

Originally posted 07:25 PM ET  07.08 by Canuck eh?

I can't answer that Rex but I know whatever the Greenbrier paid them it wasn't enough coz neither one of them "showed up!"

Whoever paid that 'show up' money to them should definitely ask for a refund.

And since we have a new thread that'll probably last till the Open:

In order of the score (the course will play to a par of 70):
MF GO picks Ian Poulter, score 270
Go Habs picks Eldrick Woods score 271
Slapshot picks Rory Mac, score 272
Bishop picks Paddy H., score 273
Harry Crack picks Luke Donald, score 274
Jakester picks Graeme McDowell score 275
Stranger picks Matt Kuchar, score 276
whale 2 picks Martin Kaymer score 277
Rex Racer picks Lee Westwood score 279
Mozart2010 picks Bubba Watson score 281

I thought Tiger and Phil made somewhere around $40M - $60M per year? It seems that a $500k or $1M appearance fee would be welcome by both players. That amount would be a significant contribution towards their annual incomes

I wish they wouldn't jam these new articles on here while we're still trying to cover every nuance of the old one. Next thing you know they'll be pushing this stuff in here every three weeks............whooooosh, and then another one. :-(

Why should Woods and Mickelson not be paid to show up? When the other golfers reach their status, they will get paid to show up too. So what?

what's the diff between gettin these two names to show up and getting non sports celebs to show up? It's good business, plain and simple. That is if they show up LOL

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Originally posted 09:09 PM ET  07.08 by Mozart2010

Drick's been getting show-up money for years.

One of the worst kept secrets in Sports....this just in NCAA Footbal players gets "perks" for playing also....SHOCKER !

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Originally posted 04:28 PM ET  07.09 by Harry Crack

One of the worst kept secrets in Sports....this just in NCAA Footbal players gets "perks" for playing also....SHOCKER !

NOOOOOO! Say it ain't so!

QUOTE(#16):

Originally posted 09:09 PM ET  07.09 by Slapshot

NOOOOOO! Say it ain't so!

LOL - and this secret must come out also Slappy...........some boxing matches are fixed....NO WAY!!!!

I guess the appearance money was just enough for Phil and Tiger to show up, but just not enough to stick around West Virginia for 4 days.

Two days in WVA is enough for anybody.

QUOTE(#19):

Originally posted 05:55 AM ET  07.10 by OLD BEAR

Two days in WVA is enough for anybody.

Perhaps.