The following year, the game runners increased the prize to a hundred thousand dollars.
This year, it increased the prize so that another family could join the trip.
One of Intel's first changes was to significantly increase the prize money.
The U.S.T.A. also increased the prize money by $4 million, to $29.5 million, the largest one-year increase in tournament history.
She increased the prize fund this year from £10,000 to £15,000, with £1,000 for each of the shortlisted poets.
"The option to increase the prize purse to $1 million was a product of Quiksilver," A.S.P.'s chief executive, Brodie Carr, said, referring to the surf clothing and accessory manufacturer.
Detwiler said his organization hopes to increase the prize money for professional miniature golfers, moving its top tournament, the Masters, from $10,000 in total prize money to $100,000, still a fraction of that offered on the PGA Tour.
Ellison, who according to The Wall Street Journal was the highest-compensated executive of the previous decade, significantly increased the prize money for the champions of the tournament, which has 96-player singles draws.
The government is considering increasing the prize money for the bands with the best costumes, and it has started a band with which anyone can march in a homemade costume.
The England and Wales Cricket Board felt the need to address this situation a few years ago by dramatically increasing the prize money on offer to win the County Championship, to incentivise county cricketers to win this most coveted prize and give kudos to the four-day game.
