Tiger concert's star draw
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| The event, to be held on May 29 in Las Vegas, will be part of the annual Tiger Jam Benefit Concert, which this year is being sponsored by SBC Communications. |
| "I am sure Prince will put on an amazing concert," said Tiger. An auction is being organised at the concert, which will include 2,005 VIP Kentucky Derby tickets, two round-trip first-class tickets and a week's accommodation in Temenos, a St Regis Retreat in the Caribbean. A putting lesson from Woods will be the other bid draw. |
| Player to share Cup |
| Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus will once again lead the teams at the President's Cup in September 19-25, 2005, at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club on Lake Manassas in Prince William County. |
| The President's Cup was held in South Africa last year, and points were at 17 each after regulation play. After a three-hole and a sudden death play-off between Tiger and Els not yielding any result, the competition was declared a tie. |
| The captains decided that they would share the cup. Nicklaus has won 73 PGA Tour events and 18 professional major championship victories. |
| While Player has seen 163 career tournament wins.Both are amongst the five players that have won all four Majors. The other three are Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods. |
| Furyk to stay out of action |
| US Open champion Jim Furyk, who was forced to watch the US Master on TV, may find it difficult to make it back in time to defend his US Open title. |
| Furyk tore the cartilage in his left wrist and had to undergo surgery five weeks ago. Furyk had a full range of motion 10 days after the operation and is now in rehab. |
| British Open |
| The organisers of the 133rd Open Championship at Royal Troon has decided to increase the prize money by £100,000. The Open champion will receive a cheque of £720,000 and this is a £20,000 increase over last year's first prize won by Ben Curtis. |
| In dollar trems, the prize fund works out to $ 7.1 million for the tournament. Since 1997, the total prize money has increased from £ 1.6m to £ 4 million and 1st prize from £ 250,000 to £ 720,000. Bogeyman |