YOU'LL never get any information, they say, unless you ask questions. There was Jose-Maria Olazabal this week, wondering, along with his playing colleagues, what European Tour executive director Ken Schofield earned each year. "If Jose-Maria wants to know; I'll tell him," said Schofield. "I earned £213,000Stg in 1999 and £201,350 in 1998." Which is decidedly modest compared with the earnings of US counterpart Tim Finchem, who is reputed to earn 10 times that amount. Schofield went on to disclose that the European Tour's income over the past five years has been £223 million of which £170 million has been distributed in prize money.

And all the players had to do was ask.