Ha, the story is another another thread, but the cliff notes is a guy was at Augusta for the first time, and the members were playing for $5. The guy scoffed, and said “let’s play for some real money”, to which the member asked his net worth… guy said $5 million… member responded, fine, we will play for $5 and at the end of the round ill flip you for the $5 million.
It’s not about the money to some people… they just like having it be a “competition”. Personally, I don’t really care if I beat others, just trying to play well.