Golf: Woods fans ready to pay

Wellingtonians are prepared to pay big bucks to see world golf No 1 Tiger Woods play in the New Zealand Open in January, a new survey shows.

So sold are most sports fans on seeing Woods, they will splash out more than $140 to attend one day of the Open at Paraparaumu.

A Wellington sports research consultancy conducted the independent survey. Many said they regarded it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Woods play.