Baby - sitting bills and other parenting expenses on the tour can run $ 1,000 a week, and though
bigger tournament purses and bigger paychecks in recent years have eased the financial burden, the physical and mental strain of a long night with a sick child takes its toll on a professional golfer with an 8 a.m. tee time.
They should occupy their own space — not nearly as important as a major, but with loaded fields and
big purses that make them worth watching and more important than other
tournaments.