If I was given $1 million just for teeing it up, I'd miss the cut by 20 strokes and then spend the weekend in a bar with John Daly.
I believe it was Arnold Palmer who said that when you play in these overseas money-makers, take your appearance money but make sure you don’t win. If you win you have to show up the next year too!
$1 million is good pay, but when you consider how much some of these guys make (I think Phil makes far north of $50 million a year with endorsements)money isn’t an issue. Sure it attracted him to the tourney, but there’s a far better field in a lot of the international events.
The Hope is boring now. B actors and has-been celebrities playing with golfers who no one has heard of. Two top-40 players? Look at the past champions when Hope was still around. When Hope passed, they should have shut down the event.