EXHIBIT A+
Jul 15, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS BRENDAN JAMES
There was a time when professional golfers earned more money playing exhibition matches than they did competing in tournaments.
The exhibition matches of today – the likes of The Match I and II, or the Tiger v Rory match in China a few years back – are a lucrative sideshow to life on Tour. That wasn’t always the case though.
The great Walter Hagen (pictured right) was one of the first professionals to cash in on his fame and talent. Hagen won 57 tournaments as a professional, including 11 majors,
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