In other words, if Phil Mickelson wins The Masters today, who gets all the prize money - besides the government and Phil?
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No one else except what he pays his caddie.
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Hillary Clinton, unless she is divorced by then.  Then it would be Hillary Rodham.  Or Wesley Clark.
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I heard the best get 10 percent of the prize. Not bad if you caddy for Tiger Woods huh?
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Peter would get em all .. that big fatty lol
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Phil Mickelson\n\nPhilip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) (nicknamed "Lefty" for having a left-handed swing, despite being right-handed), is an American professional golfer. He is one of the leading players of his generation, having won three major championships and a total of 29 events on the PGA Tour.\n\nCareer summary\nPhil Mickelson was born in San Diego, California and raised in Arizona and San Diego. He began playing golf at a very young age and copied his father's right handed swing while standing facing him, thus acquiring a left-handed swing despite being right-handed. He graduated from San Diego's University HS in 1988, then attended Arizona State on a golf scholarship, from which he graduated in 1992. In 1990, he became the first left-hander to win the U.S. Amateur title. By 1991, he had won his first PGA Tour tournament at the Northern Telecom Open as an amateur, becoming the first to do so since Scott Verplank at the 1985 Western Open in Chicago.\n\nMickelson continued to win many PGA Tour tournaments, winning at the Byron Nelson Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf in 1996, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in 1998, the Colonial in 2000 and the Greater Hartford Open in 2001 and again in 2002. Mickelson is also one of only 5 golfers (Al Geiberger, Chip Beck, David Duval, Annika Sörenstam) to have ever shot 59 in competition, and is the only left-hander among them; his 59 came at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Poipu Bay Golf Course on November 24, 2004. (However, it does not count in some record books because the Grand Slam of Golf does not count as an official event, so there are only 4 golfers to record "official" 59s.) Mickelson was known for his powerful full swing but even more so for his superlative short game, most of all his daring "Phil flop" shot in which a big swing with a high-lofted wedge against a tight lie flies a ball high into the air for a short distance.\n\nDespite these accomplishments, for many years Mickelson was often described as the "best golfer never to win a major." Mickelson often played well in majors: in the five-year span between 1999 and 2003 he had six second-place or third-place finishes. But victory always eluded him, for reasons that were ascribed to taking too many risky shots, missing too many short putts, or a general lack of what it takes to close out a big tournament. Undaunted, Mickelson continued to refine his game and his course strategy and psychology.\n\nFinally, his first major championship win came in the 2004 Masters, where he won with a 20-foot final hole birdie putt, defeating Ernie Els in a thrilling Sunday back-nine duel in which the stars traded birdies and eagles back and forth. In addition to getting the "majors monkey" off his back, this made him only the third golfer with a left-handed swing to win a major, the others being New Zealander Sir Bob Charles who won the British Open in 1963 and Canadian Mike Weir who won The Masters in 2003. (Like Mickelson, Weir is a right-hander who plays left-handed.)\n\nThe following year, in a Monday final round, Mickelson captured his second career major championship with his victory at the 2005 PGA Championship at Baltusrol. On the 18th hole, Mickelson hit one of his trademark soft pitches from deep greenside rough to within a foot and a half of the cup, and then made his birdie to finish at a 4-under-par total of 276, one shot ahead of Steve Elkington and Thomas Björn. Mickelson captured his third major championship the following spring by winning the 2006 Masters. He won his second Green Jacket after shooting a 3 under par final round, winning by 2 strokes over his nearest rival Tim Clark. This win propelled him to 2nd place in the world golf rankings (his career best), behind Tiger Woods and ahead of Vijay Singh and Retief Goosen. Talk of Mickelson's inability to win majors was now replaced by speculation of how many he could win.\n\nDemonstrat
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The person with the most money.
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Yesterday's newspaper reported that it currently costs the British people $70 million dollars a year to maintain the Monarchy.\n\nConsidering the fact that the Monarchy plays no role in running the British Government, and makes no decisions or policy whatsoever, I think it's high time the British people dissolve the Monarchy and spend their money on ANYTHING better.\n\nPerhaps they should spend the money on paving the grass at Wimbledon with asphalt so they can finally have a more meaningful tennis tournament on hard-court that fairly decides the best player.
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Correct, the payout would have to be $10,000 for every $1 played to break even.
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the same as any pga tour caddy which is usually anywhere between 9 to 12 percent of winnings usually though the lpga players have husbands or boyfriends who do it free!! so yea its the same but you have to remember that they make alot less mney than men do!! hope i helped
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I think playing winged foot is like taking three hours of Algebra exams, put anyone's mind to dust... Phil is OK. Though, don't think he is the best golfers, still think Tiger is.. Tiger was just thinking of his personal life too much playing the US open.\n\nI think everyone deserve a break. Playing Winked Foot is like driving a car up and down the mountain roads besides deep valleys of death. Get worst with the notion that every stupid things a player done, will be highly criticised for the next ten years. Give Phil a break, think he a nice guy. Winning is not as important as he was trying his best until his mind fried.
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Since men's golf gets more airtime and more money, the only possible reason would be that someone couldn't cut it on the men's tour so they had to go play against women.  And what man is going to admit they have to go play against the girls to win?
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I think both of those statements are false.  We can be thankful for anyone who helps support the golf courses.  They golf coures need as many players as they can get, a lot of golf course are fixing to go under.  Why would you care?  Just worry about your own game and what clubs you play
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bring it all in bags full of pennies...\n\nmake everyone earn their money
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Warren Buffet and Bill Gates.   It's been in all the papers.
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I think Bill Gate's WIFE should get the prize.  He was a cheap, money hoarding nerd until he married her.  Never gave a penny to anyone else.  Marriage and kids have made him see there are others in the world besides himself.
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No, the Ryder Cup is not part of the PGA tour. Some of the players on the European team are not part of the PGA tour, only the European Tour. The list of PGA winners is here:\nhttp://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/schedule;_ylt=A9G_e8HeaWxFtFEB3wEogsUF
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Kurt Busch and tony Stewart.  they should all be there but all past champions should have a VIP pass for life to sit on the stage somewhere.