TIGER NOT WORTH $3MILLION APPEARANCE FEE, SAYS QATAR CHIEF

The oil-rich state of Qatar can afford more than most countries but Tiger Woods' appearance fee for a golf tournament is not one of them. For Tiger to have played in the Qatar Masters (January 23 to 26) would have cost a whopping $3million appearance fee, according to Qatar Golf Association president Hassan al Nuaimi.
 "Tiger Woods demands $3 million just for an appearance, which is not worth paying for a tournament of $2.5 million prize money," he told the Doha News.
Instead, 14-times major winner Woods begins his season at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship next week before returning home to compete in the U.S. PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open.
Woods finished tied third in Abu Dhabi last year and has never played in Qatar.
Paul Lawrie will defend his title at the Qatar event where the field includes world number four Justin Rose and American world number nine Jason Dufner.