Tiger Woods' Appearance Fee Is Now $3 Million, But One Tournament Said No Thanks
Hassan al Nuaimi, the president of the Qatar Golf Association explained in a press conference why Tiger was not going to play in the tournament:
"Tiger Woods demands $3 million just for an appearance, if he were to compete in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters," said al Nuaimi. "[$3 million] is not worth paying for a tournament of $2.5 million prize money."
Tiger is not the only high-profile player that is having trouble collecting multi-million appearance fees. Rory McIlroy recently raised his appearance fee to $2 million. The Australian Open was prepared to pay McIlroy his original $1 million fee, but backed out after the price was raised.
One has to wonder if the players have finally overpriced their services and if this will lead to a backlash against appearance fees.