Tiger in Australia!

No, not the Tasmanian Tiger. I gave up on that one (a.k.a. my dream of becoming famous for finding the presumed-extinct marsupial tiger) as soon as we left Tassie.

Rather, I'm speaking of the American Tiger. You know, Tiger Woods...duh.

It's that time of year, folks. Time for the Australian Masters, the biggest golf tournament in all of Australia. Held in Melbourne this year, it's the golf tournaments of all golf tournaments--Down Under, that is.

This year, however, it's quite the big deal, as America's very own Tiger Woods is making his first appearance. As Alistair Hicks (co-owner of the vineyard we're working on) says, golf is big in Australia, but they've never had someone outside Australia who's as big as Tiger compete here. So it's, like, a REALLY BIG DEAL.

The Australian Masters paid Tiger 3 mil just to fly out here and compete. (Note: The first prize is only 1 mil.) Supposedly, however, the revenue made has almost doubled that 3 mil already because of the hoards of Australian people who have paid to come see him live in person. Channel 7 paid more than usual to broadcast the tournament, advertisements are way up, etc. Tiger is quite the celebrity here it appears.

p.s. Updates on Tiger's progress to come.