Woods wants a slice of US Tour's TV cake

Extract, Ian Broadley, The Herald, 8 November 2000

.....Player-power in Europe will succeed in gaining an independent audit of that Tour's accounts.

At the centre of their action is the £15m income from television, on which only £42,000 profit is shown.

Another source of concern is an item declaring a £1.7m loss on the last Ryder Cup in Boston when, traditionally, the host nation bears all the costs and banks the entire profits.

The third issue is the alleged £20,000 interest-free loan to a senior tour official.....