Ok What happens when the second prize is also upped ? Better performance overall ? People are fighting for the First spot( exempt players) and Second spot ( Non exempt players mostly).
Do the Non tigers in the field feel more competitive against the Vijay Singh(s) and Phil Nicolas ?
Some plants give off chemicals that suppress the growth/success of their neighbors, a phenomenon called negative allelopathy.
Tiger's history sends the idea to his opponents that they can't win, so why try? I think this is a sort of memetic negative alleopathy.