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The PPV match play between golfers Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson has angered fans who paid $19.95 to see it. As it turns out, it was streaming for free on the Bleacher Report website.
The event was sold by Turner as a multi-platform pay-per-view event. However, match promoters claimed the PPV sites purchase function was overwhelmed and broke, so those who had purchased access had trouble getting in. That allegedly led to the decision to make it a free event.
However, the Woods/Mickelson event was available for free at its start, and there is no information on what point the decision was made to move it to free.
Woods and Mickelson are playing a $9 million winner-take-all match at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas.
Mickelson was 1-up through nine holes and was leading Woods $300,000 to $200,000 in side-bet money. Mickelson won two closest-to-the-pin bets on the front nine.
BREAKING: Source says Turner execs decided to give Phil-Tiger match away for free on B/R Live streaming platform (instead of $20 charge) when purchase function broke down to point where those who bought had trouble getting in.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 23, 2018
I paid $20 to watch Tiger Phil and now its just free on Bleacher Report. Well done
— Kyle Scott (@CrossingBroad) November 23, 2018
Woods got $200,000 off Mickelson after the lefty failed to birdie the first hole.
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