Money Man: Tiger Loses, but Wins Big March 27, 2007 ORLANDO, Fla. ?Nobody threw anyone뭩 ball into the lake on Tuesday. Nobody wrestled on the 18th green. The yucks were minimal, laughs were stifled; the smiles not nearly as present. It was a little more business-like at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club on Day 2 of the Tavistock Cup. That뭩 what happens when $500,000 is up for grabs ?for just one person. As much as it might seem like a typo, that is not a misprint: there are indeed five zeros behind the No. 5. The tournament itself was pretty much over after Day 1. The home team blanked the visiting Isleworth Country Club squad, 10-0, to give them a commanding advantage. The lead proved to be insurmountable as Lake Nona claimed their first Cup in four tries, 22-8. With the overall result never in doubt, the main point of interest was to see who would win the 500K race and the Payne Stewart Salver award. Every single one of these guys may be millionaires ?some much more so than others ?but it뭩 absolutely, physiologically impossible for anyone, no matter how rich they might be, not to care about winning a half-million dollars. When on-course reporter David Feherty asked Tiger Woods during his round if $500,000 still meant something to him, Tiger got tongue-tied. He chuckled and ultimately said that he was just 뱓rying to win some points.?But you know that he cared about winning points as much as I care about who is Anna Nicole Smith뭩 baby뭩 daddy. For all of the extravagant prizes on offer in this exclusive and lucrative and very charitable event ?Cadillac Escalades, Air Nautique boats, Cartier Jewelry, Panasonic Home Theaters ?there is nothing like winning cold, hard cash. With so much on offer, Tuesday뭩 action felt more like the final round of a tightly contested PGA TOUR event than that of a runaway hit-and-giggle fest. And why not: the low scorer in this made-for-TV event was going to get 200 grand more than the champion of this week뭩 Kraft Nabisco, an LPGA Tour major. Lake Nona뭩 Justin Rose got the first big jump out of the blocks. Playing in the third of the five groups out, he birdied the par-4 first and then jarred his third shot from the fairway for eagle on the par-5 second. Two more birdies and one more eagle later and he had a tidy little 7-under 29, good enough for a two-stroke advantage over Graeme McDowell.