[Bigvivec]

There is no fix...not as long as there is streaming video, the Golf Channel and major network coverage (read: advertising space) and millions of fans to support the increases in purse amounts...have a problem with it then you should play the same clubs for 10 years, drive the same car for 12, stay away from checking updates on the PGA websites, and start playing used golf balls...one feeds the other and as visible as the game and the top stars are in it nowadays, the market determines their reimbursment...as for being "soft", Jack has had quite a few quotes after going over the hill that border on sour grapes...he's going to lose the mantle of the greatest ever in his own lifetime and there is nothing he can do about it; he wouldn't be the competitor that he is if it didn't rankle him a little...and I believe that he is absolutley correct in that while the top echelon made a good buck (not anywhere near the inflation adjusted incomes of today's stars) the lower tiers roomed together, caravaned to tournaments sometimes held on less than perfect public courses, and generally had to grind out a living...if you are a PGA player who keeps his card, you might feel like you are grinding, but your car and house are new, you have your caddies number on speed dial, and you fly from site to site...it is a different world and money has taken a little bit of the competitive fire out of it...