Is Dubai Dessert Classic paying Tiger Woods an appearance fee?

Question

With a top prize of 283,000 Euros which is about $425K what motivates Mr. Woods to travel all that way for a potentially small paycheck?

Answer 1

except he is not going there for the competition if he wanted competition he would go to the FBR open in Scottsdale where 26 of the top 30 ranked players in the world are competeting at the same time

Answer 2

A 2 million dollar appearance fee and a look at the course he is designing in that part of the world.

Answer 3

While he is getting that 2 million dollar appearance fee, it's not the money that brings him anywhere anymore. It's his other business interests and the fact that he gets to try and beat the best golfers in the world. A lot of the Top 25 are going to be there including his good friend Ernie Els.

Answer 4

$2 million is what I read.   He is also building a golf course there (his first) which is reported he received $35 million.