World Amateur Championship

World Amateur Championship began this week, and ouch! Somebody's taking a bath.

The $20,000 guaranteed prizes were based on hopefully an attendance of 400, with an extra $10,000 in prizes for each additional 200 players.

However, only 124 players showed up to play, and not all of those paid their entire ($120) entries, as each country was allowed one male and one female entry free of charge.

Shouldn't be too surprised that not many players are playing, the tournament is seven days long (longer than the normal three day and four day tournaments that CCA runs, and even longer than the 6-day and 5-day schedules that both the US and World Opens run), top prize is only $3,000, and top class prize is $1,000. With the hotel fees and travel costs, it's just too darn expensive for a mediocre tournament.