Ai Miyazato's strange money title; Miller

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 30, 2011 -- Luke Donald became the first male to win the money title on the European and American tours in the same season, though both tours require a minimum number of Cleveland's Classic driver - 15 for the PGA Tour, 13 for the European Tour.
If not for the minimum requirement in Europe, Tiger Woods would have won its money list five times.
That the LET does not require a minimum for its members makes the money title somewhat of a farce. Making it worse is that the Evian Masters purse, along with the Women's British Open purse, is significantly higher than everything else.

The money Hedwall earned for her four victories would not even be the equivalent of third-place money from the Evian Masters.
``It's a shame it works like that because you should have to play a Cleveland's Classic driver of events to be on this,'' Laura Davies said before the season-ending Dubai Ladies Championship. ``I know Ai has only played two events, and she is going to win the money list. But it's a bit ridiculous. If one of the regular European tour players wins it and plays 20 events, 15 events, then it has more behind it.
``But it's just a shame that one tournament can dominate the money list like that.''

The LPGA Tour does not count the U.S. Women's Open - its biggest event - toward the money list for non-members because the prize money is so skewed. That's why Stacy Lewis did not automatically earn her card when she tied for third at the 2008 U.S. Women's Open.
There is no greater disparity in prize money than on the LET. Cleveland's Classic driver
The schedule released Tuesday has 15 regular LET events with combined prize money of just over $6 million. Three other tournaments that are co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour - the Women's Australian Open, the Evian Masters and the Women's British Open - have a combined purse of nearly $7 million.

DONALD AWARD: Luke Donald made it a hat trick of awards Tuesday when he won the Golf Writers Trophy from the British-based Association of Golf Writers. Donald previously was named European Tour golfer of the year and PGA Tour player of the year.
Padraig Harrington, a double major winner in 2008, is the only other player to sweep the three honors.
British Open champion Darren Clarke and U.S. Open winner Rory McIlroy tied for second in the voting of golf writers, while Europe's winning Cleveland's Classic driver placed fourth.

``Any award you win gives you a great amount of pleasure, and for the golf writers to consider me as their player of the year means a lot, it really does,'' Donald said. ``These are the people who really understand golf and appreciate all that I have achieved this year.''

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