[mr3856a]

Originally Posted by Texas Wedge

Okay, so let's make the example more close to home. Whatever your profession...let's assume you make $104,000 a year to do it ($2000/week). If someone told you you could take a one week unpaid vacation from your current job to go make UP TO $2000 working for them for the week, would you do it? And you had to pay your own expenses to get there and you weren't reimbursed for any expenses...NOW would you do it?

Technically, Phil's not guaranteed any money, but he also isn't making money by not playing on the Tour (I know he still gets his endorsement money, though).

I know we think it's great to get paid to play golf, but that is this guy's profession. This is his WORK. Yes, he loves it and I think it shows, but it's a nice thing to be able to take a break from your work sometimes and I think that's just what he likes to do. Take some time off and prepare for the next major. At this point he certainly isn't worried about where the next paycheck is coming from and will he be able to pay the bills.

That's all well and good, but not at all what I was responding to, which was this:

Originally Posted by Bolt Fore

To put it in perspective if you're making $40,000 a year would you travel somewhere to play in a hundred dollar tournament?