You're going to need a bigger wheelbarrow!
If you asked me, I could list at least five or more things. Oh, you are asking? Okay, well, after I paid off my debt, I’d buy a house for my parents, a house in NYC and the Hamptons (maybe one in St. Barths, too), give a donation to a charity my mom is involved with, and throw a huge party — need me to go on? Because I can. I’ll spare you.
But I asked some of the guys in this week’s field what they would do with the $10 million and a few had trouble coming up with something. Let’s take a look…
Keegan Bradley: “I would buy a really, really nice fishing rod with nice tackle.”
Brandt Snedeker: “It’d be a great problem to have. I’d love to wake up Monday morning and figure that out. Just being home and having that kind of security would be great. Maybe a new car? I don’t know — there’d be a big party Sunday night and Monday somewhere in Nashville.”
Bill Haas: “Some stock.”
Chez Reavie: “I’d pay off my house.”
Hunter Mahan: “I don’t know…In these tough economic times, I’d probably just put it in the bank.”
*From the press conferences this week:
Dustin Johnson: “A big party for my friends.”
Matt Kuchar: “…Take that $10 million right to the Royal Bank of Canada.”
/shameless plug
Geoff Ogilvy: “It’s less, I think, about what’s going to end up in your bank account and more about the principle of holing a putt or doing ‑‑ like getting up‑and‑down like Jimmy did last year. It sounds better when you say that, doesn’t it? The money is obviously really nice, but it’s like beating your friend for $2 on the putting green. I mean, it’s better to beat him for $2 than it is just to beat him for the fun of it, you know what I mean? There would be something about coming down the last nine holes, this is for $10 million and doing it. Irrelevant of what ends up in your bank account, it just sounds better, don’t you think?”
Luke “ATM” Donald: “My coach, I’m sure, will get a percentage of something there. But I’m not really thinking about the money. I’m really more concentrating on winning the tournament, picking up another trophy, winning the FedExCup, hopefully winning Player of the Year that comes with it, all the spoils that come with it. But the bonus money is nice.
“Where I am in my career, I have been very fortunate, and I don’t know where I am on the Money List, career Money List, $25 million or something, it’s not like I can’t afford to buy things. I have two nice houses. I don’t spend a lot of stuff on materialistic stuff, but the money, it would be nice to kind of keep it away. I haven’t really thought if I won it what I would spend the money on, but the money is really the last thing I’m thinking about. It’s not really the important factor for me.”
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I like Luke’s candor — because it’s true, most of these guys already can buy whatever they want, so at the end of the day, there’s not much else! I thought Chez’s answer was the most relatable for the majority of people. Then again, Chez has made more money this season ($2.1 million) than in his PGA Tour career (just under $2 million).
So, what would you guys do if you were $10 million richer on Sunday?
Cripes these guys really are as boring as they appear. Someone ask John Daly!
But yea I guess they are already capable of traveling the world (which is what I’d do) and already have a nice house (which I’d think about), so what else are they gonna do?
You should try to find out what Jim Furyk did last year!
I thought they win $10 mil in an annuity. I don’t think they actually get a cheque Sunday for $10 mil. Has that changed?
1) Pay off my student loans/debts, and those of the rest of my family
2) put enough away that I could live comfortably on the interest
3) donate the rest to a charity or foundation
I’d donate it all to Michelle Bachmann’s campaign. (JK)
ask wei out on a date.
As Tug McGraw said: I’d spent 90% on Irish Whiskey and wild women. The other 10% I’d probably just waste.
Buy a house and a car.
Pay my brothers’ tuition fees.
Charity.
Live off the interests so I never have to set foot in the office again and can spend the rest of my life on the golf course!
Find an “easy” 6 Team Parlay in this week’s NFL games and then with the 400 Million, buy the Sonics back from that Jackass Okie that stole them from us.
@Sahalee Joe, I’m with you — #sonics4ever
i was going to say put it all on black but sahalee joe’s answer takes the cake. i wouldn’t buy the sonics though. i would get a vault like the one scrooge mcduck had and i would swim around it in.
@Dan – the first year when Woods won it was $1mil up front and $9min in an annuity. Since then, it has been $10min up front in cash.
One of the arguments is that under the annuity, the player would have to give all the upfront money to the caddie as the 10%. Also, the 90% in an annuity is lame in this day and age of big money sports.
LOL maxfisher, there guys ARE boring. But how much more of everything do you really have to have? Can you exchange it for a major? I guess like most people I would pay off everything for myself and extended family, stuff some money in the bank. Then I would move into a small place in the middle of CO, travel and play a lot of great golf courses. Maybe I could even buy myself a decent handicap.
‘…a house for my parents, a house in NYC and the Hamptons (maybe one in St. Barths, too)…’
10M is not enough to buy a house in NYC AND Hampton. You will have to give up one of them.
And don’t forget the annual property tax…
pay off my home loan, get a new car, sponsor a couple struggling mini tour players and play a lot more golf!
I’d take 15-20 of my pals (with families) on a round the world golf trip, UK,US,and Asia (I live in Asia), put aside some for investments, then bank enough to live off the interest and play golf every day. Yep… that’ll work.
@Birdie Inn…. we all have luggage, right?
…and that is not – my perception – the Ms Wei we have got to learn on this site!
@ Marky Mark – thanks for clarifying. I totally agree that $10 mil hard cash is way more exciting.
@ Birdie Inn: are you Ian Poulter’s cousin? What are you trying to prove by posting that old story? Are you the same person you were during your youth? Personally, I prefer that a journalist that I follow has a broad range of experience including sport, finance, law, public relations, fashion and culture. These life experiences give her a perspective that is unique in her profession and makes for an interesting take on the stories she reports. And one critic’s “social climber” is another’s “great networker”. We all reap the benefit of Steph’s skill in meeting new people and getting them to feel comfortable befriending her and sharing their insider thoughts on the golf game.
Law? LOL. Was that article somehow offensive? It certainly wasn’t written by a critic.