Foxholer
Blackballed
How do they get round the 'amateur' rules?And now they seem to be inviting amateurs to play and get $140000 for coming last
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Foxholer
Blackballed
It shouldn't be - but likely will be.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
I can understand Blandy going for it.
He's been around a long time and "only" won 7.6 million euro....which sounds a lot but when you add in tax, travel, caddy fees etc etc etc it doesn't leave a huge amount.
He's setting himself up for a happy retirement because he knows he hasn't got long left at the top table.
Westy I'm quite disappointed with...he's made his millions (approx £50 million from both Tours) he's still earning on the Tours..why does he want to risk the RC Captaincy?
He's been around a long time and "only" won 7.6 million euro....which sounds a lot but when you add in tax, travel, caddy fees etc etc etc it doesn't leave a huge amount.
He's setting himself up for a happy retirement because he knows he hasn't got long left at the top table.
Westy I'm quite disappointed with...he's made his millions (approx £50 million from both Tours) he's still earning on the Tours..why does he want to risk the RC Captaincy?
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Good for Westwood. He's fronted up to the questions put to him. Hopefully more follow suit and it gives the PGA and The DP World Tour a shake up.
We all know the Saudis do bad things to people - and we can all get principled about the source of the funding for the LIV tour, but we don't have to look very far to start questioning lots of other moral values throughout sport.
We all know the Saudis do bad things to people - and we can all get principled about the source of the funding for the LIV tour, but we don't have to look very far to start questioning lots of other moral values throughout sport.
BiMGuy
LIV Bot, (But Not As Big As Mel) ?
Potential RC captaincy or another £20mil? Tough choice.
Foxholer
Blackballed
Speaking of tax...
Latest WRX email has an article mentioning the tax Tiger pays....$65000.............per day!
Oh to be in such a position!
Aside from the prestige of being a RC captain what sort of figures do you think you could make in the space of say five years, before and after, a Ryder Cup captaincy? Obviously Westwood/Poulter's stock is pretty high already but what would you guess they could make for future projects eg course design, books, sponsorship, after dinners?
rulefan
Tour Winner
They don't. The player becomes a pro and immediately earns more than he would on the Tours.How do they get round the 'amateur' rules?
Foxholer
Blackballed
For how long though. It'll eventually (2-3 yrs?) become mainstream and there'll be selection/qualification - so only top guys will get in.
Still, a million or so a year for a few years will set players up nicely.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Is Westwood likely to be a captain? I think his is strange as he's still competitive on the two tours, more so on the DP obviously. Will the decision impact his ability to play on the PGA seniors tour which would seem to have been the more likely gravy train. Bland has found a new lease of life and did way at the recent matchplay event so can match it with the guys from the PGA tour. I can see why he'd want a few big pay day but while you're in the form of your life would you not want to ride that out and see where it takes you and jump aboard the Saudi pay days down the line?
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Westwood is/was a cast iron certainty to be RC Captain at some point in the next few years
Because it is a loss of nothing. Career wise it is worth nothing, despite the trumpeting of it at the time. The team effectively picks itself, and we could all book some celeb motivational speaker to gee them up before it, then drive around in a cart 'supporting' players and saying 'you can do it Rory. And bringing in our buddies as vice captains to make it a great weak and tee one uf them up for the job the next time. Moneywise it is , or was, something. And that has been the main interest in Ryder Cup captaincy - a sort of European Tour testimonial gig. But now they have no need for it - make multiples of that thanks to Saudi oil instead.
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
100%! 20mil will set up another generation of westwoods, a RC captaincy is only something that generation can brag about in the pub over a pint.
Good on westy.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
how many generations of Westys need setting up?
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
In my opinion as many as he feels he can,
Depreston
Club Champion
If they’re happy to take the bomesaw league money so be it
I won’t be watching
I won’t be watching
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Deleted member 25172
Guest
Trying my best not to be provoked by people putting forward the “wouldn’t you change job if you made X amount more”-argument. Lee Westwood have made 38 million € on the DP Tour and 24 million $ on the PGA Tour. Add on another, what, 20 million $ in endorsement?
“What’s best for me”. He’s quite right. It is indeed what is best for him. This is what actual true greed look like. If you ask me.
Bloody disgusting. In this case quite literally bloody.
“What’s best for me”. He’s quite right. It is indeed what is best for him. This is what actual true greed look like. If you ask me.
Bloody disgusting. In this case quite literally bloody.
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
He’s does make a valid point about being release by bodies to play Saudi events in the past with no objection.
This is not trolling by any means before that’s a thought, but do you hold the same level of disgust for anyone who has competed in a Saudi event? If it’s blood money we shouldn’t be holding and pro sport events there golf or otherwise.
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Deleted member 25172
Guest
I agree. No sporting events should be held there. But to answer your other question. No, I don’t hold the same level of disgust for all people. I reserve it for those who have already made more money than any “normal” human would or will ever be able to and whose families are already set for life for generations to come.
And before anyone goes “what do you know about his/their private finances?”. Spare me.
larmen
Head Pro
Is there a certain standard I, ahm they, need to have? I would spend £500 on golf balls, the rest is profit pre tax ;-)And now they seem to be inviting amateurs to play and get $140000 for coming last
Not following this much. Are they struggling to fill a field, or are they selling themselves as giving opportunities to people like us? We see in other tournaments that amateurs usually struggle. The last one I remember having a decent result was Bryson the year before turning pro.
