This is how young guns like John Phan and Phil Ivey have been dominating big-money tournaments.

Compared with the high-tech, big-money tournaments on television, the Rose City Classic might as well be played in Chuck Taylor sneakers, with peach baskets strung up to the rafters at both ends.

It's an edge that festers in a touring pro's psyche longer than most of what happens at the big-money tournaments around the world.

The nationwide, big-money professional tournaments for freshwater black bass, sponsored by the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society, have contributed mightily to angling's popularity.

Many players do not have enough money to attend the big-money tournaments in the United States and Europe that attract the grandmasters.

Furthermore, all the hustlers were playing elsewhere in big-money tournaments, thanks in part to the success of the movie that Ames helped bring to life.

Now there are big-money tournaments every week and more outstanding golfers than in the past.

As a pro, he played out of the Los Angeles area, and won some big-money tournaments, including the 1936 Southern California Open and the 1938 California State Open.

He is seriously thinking about hiring an agent to help place him in high-profile, big-money tournaments, and to help him make the most of his "market value."

It was the Internet, however, that changed the odds in big-money tournaments.