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Old 03-21-2015, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by CFrance View Post
Did it always used to be this way? If not, where did the $ come from to fund the tournament in the past?
In the past tournaments didn't have a $6,000,000 purse for one thing. In addition to the purse, PGA tour events give huge amounts of money to charities.

Bay Hill is not the same, true. But in case you haven't noticed, the rest of the world ahs changed as well.
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