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I think this was the first time I heard the commentator's discuss the money during the tournament. Usually they play it cool like the money doesn't matter.
Last place was more then most pool tournaments entire prize fund.

Golf.com: How the insanely lucrative FedEx Cup bonus payouts are divvied up, from 1st place to 150th.
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How the insanely lucrative FedEx Cup bonus payouts are divvied up, from 1st place to 150th

It’s easy to get wrapped up in which player is bound for FedEx Cup glory and a $15 million check. Here's where the *other* $45 million goes.
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I too was stunned when I heard the payouts!!! I never care what someone gets paid for their craft, you make it you deserve it, but can't we get SOMEONE to add a measly $1,000,000.00 per year for our fellow brother'n in Pool? How Cool would it be to see SVB, Busty, Chang, Ko,
 
I too was stunned when I heard the payouts!!! I never care what someone gets paid for their craft, you make it you deserve it, but can't we get SOMEONE to add a measly $1,000,000.00 per year for our fellow brother'n in Pool? How Cool would it be to see SVB, Busty, Chang, Ko, hold up a check for $75,000 and some of the players that finished near the bottom still make a $2000-$3000 for the work they put in.
 
All the credit to pro golf, a wonderful success story. In the 1950's, before Arnold Palmer came along, pro golfers made absolutely nothing and many of them had to make side bets on the tournaments just to make ends meet. It's common knowledge that the legendary Walter Hagen usually had something bet on the side and so did Jimmy Demaret. Golf's lot was no greater than that of pool.

Then came Arnold Palmer, golf's greatest ever role model, and pro golfers, by following his lead, began to learn to network with executives, clean up their look and improve their image, especially through regular participation in charitable causes, including those championed by high profile celebrities like Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Danny Thomas, Andy Williams, Dean Martin and so many others. During every golf telecast, there is considerable coverage of the charity of focus for that week. In an article published in 2019, it was reported that the PGA had passed three billion dollars in charitable giving. Golfers are viewed as polished, generous, pillars of charitable activity and donations. Pro golfers, through their play and their positive behavior, found their way to the limelight. Charismatic golfing stars, most notably Tiger Woods, did a lot to further energize golf and raise its profile.

Golf took about 50 years of image building and correct behavior to get from obscurity to the limelight, but the growth of pro golf is worth paying attention to, for with the right networking, the right behavior, and the right marketing anything's possible. Pro tennis, in which almost nobody made a good living before the 1960s, has a similar story to golf. The now-in-progress US Open tennis event will pay out 57 million dollars to its participants.

Pool is about where golf was before Arnold Palmer. and where tennis was before the likes of Rod Laver, Billie Jean King, Arthur Ashe and others. Nothing that can't be fixed with 50 years of doing things the right way!
 
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I think the sponsors of golf are talking to CEOs mostly. I suspect that sometimes it is a CEO saying to other CEOs, "I can sponsor a golf series to the tune of $60M and you can't." And the salt is applied when they are out on a course. ;)
 
Besides prime time golf coverage and big time sponsors there are 50K or so paying fans for at least 4 days.
As I said before Golf sells Rolexes and pool sells chalk.
 
David in FL said:
Nobody adds a $1 million to pool because they don’t see a positive return on that advertising investment.

FedEx, and other PGA Tour sponsors do…
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Truth.👍. Plus most PGA event the winner take home over $1,000,000.00 every weekend. Some of bigger events 3-5 time that amount.
 
middleofnowhere said:
As much as they pay, amazing how top heavy the money is.
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Number 125 on the money list made over three quarter of a million for the ‘19/‘20 season.
.....thats prize money only
some of the caddies are millionaires
..plus there are auxiliary tours

I like how golf spreads it out
 
pt109 said:
Number 125 on the money list made over three quarter of a million for the ‘19/‘20 season.
.....thats prize money only
some of the caddies are millionaires
..plus there are auxiliary tours

I like how golf spreads it out
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They played that last round for $10,000,000. Kind of a big difference between 1st and 2nd.
 
middleofnowhere said:
They played that last round for $10,000,000. Kind of a big difference between 1st and 2nd.
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The FedEx Cup is a year long competition. Making it to Top-30 is REALLY hard to do. The last event's payout is a reflection of this. First place should be huge. I seriously doubt the guy in second is too stung by getting 5mil for second(plus what he made all year on top of it).
 
middleofnowhere said:
They played that last round for $10,000,000. Kind of a big difference between 1st and 2nd.
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My point was is that there are a lot of people making a good living out of golf.
Top heavy pool tournaments creates too many losers, financially, so eventually the game loses good players or those who may have gotten good.
If you’re number 100 golfer, you are not satisfied with your lot, but you aren’t going broke while you’re trying to up your game to the big time. Prize money should favor the elite.
 
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It's time that Amazon sponsored some events. They certainly have plenty of cash even Jeff could afford to do that out of his own pocket!
 
middleofnowhere said:
They played that last round for $10,000,000. Kind of a big difference between 1st and 2nd.
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As others have said, last weeks FedEx finals was completely different from any standard tournament.

On an average week, about 60 players make the cut, and earn a paycheck. The top 20 are earning a very good paycheck…
 
Alot of sponsors pay those guys a very very good living, tournament money is just a bonus check. Arnold, jack and a few others helped In the money department but every pro golfer should wake up and say Thank you Tiger! Tigers crowds really jumped the golf world and pay checks 10 fold
 
Quesports said:
It's time that Amazon sponsored some events. They certainly have plenty of cash even Jeff could afford to do that out of his own pocket!
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Why does Jeff owe Pool, or anyone else anything?

Did BCA or APA help him launch Amazon?

I am sure if you made a pitch to Amazon, to sponsor Pool, Cornhole, or the NFL.

Jeffs bean counters would do the math, and see if putting advertising dollar in Pool or? Would be good for Amazon????
 
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