As I see it the money for the trophy had to come from somewhere. If Tony had deducted say $10 from each player to make it look like everyone contributed to the trophy it still would have pulled $600 from the payout. The winning team would have probably received the same amount of money if that were the case. I for one was at the tournament and can say that Tony put on one heck of an event. It was well organized and the volunteers were fantastic and greatly appreciated.
Wade Bouchard
HDGA