I always heard from others saying that Taufik used to comment officially that he will never play in Korea anymore due to the poor (ie. cheating) judgment calls. I never found a reliable source to confirm this anyhow. However, I did notice for the past few years that Taufik did indeed skipped Korea Opens. So why is Taufik taking part this year?
I think TH is playing for fun, he no longer the favorite so no pressure, see if he can still surprise and KO top player (he did it in WC10 going to final), the prize US1.2M, his career is winding down so might as well play as much as he can, fine tuning till OLY12 comes around, to promote his business, to play so his daughther can watch his famous daddy, to play for his country and countrymen,...maybe the real answer is TH loves badminton and difficult to retire.
I think it's mainly about the fact that the players will be fined if they skip the Premier Series events.
Taufik doesnt mind anymore... because of a bigger incident involving Lin Dan, China Coaches, Lee Hyun Il, Li Mao and Korea Linesman. BWF took the right action after that.
2011 Korea Open: Why is Taufik taking part this year? . In previous years when Taufik played at the Korea Open, he was obligated to PBSI. Now, he is obligated to Yonex. Probably, Yonex insisted that Taufik to participate this year, whereas in previous years, PBSI allowed him to be absent as he wished to. .
He is playing to give all us BCers something to speculate about! He is playing because his wife told him to go away somewhere and not be a nuisance at home. He is playing because he misses his friend Lee something...
Haha, then again looking at it like this it looks quite pitiful (compared to grand slams). And he doesn't need the money really but still it's the highest there is out of all this year. Prize Money : US$1,200,000 Event Champion Runner-up Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16 Men’s Singles USD$90,000 USD$45,600 USD$34,800 USD$28,800 USD$33,600 Womens’ Singles USD$90,000 USD$45,600 USD$34,800 USD$28,800 USD$33,600 Men’s Doubles USD$94,800 USD$45,600 USD$33,600 USD$34,800 USD$36,000 Womens’ Doubles USD$94,800 USD$45,600 USD$33,600 USD$34,800 USD$36,000 Mixed Doubles USD$94,800 USD$45,600 USD$33,600 USD$34,800 USD$36,000 Distribution of prize money is in accordance with BWF regulation and Tax will be deducted from the prize money in accordance with the local government law.
"The Badminton World Federation (BWF) will make it mandatory for all the top 10 singles players and doubles pairs under the world rankings to play in all five Premier Super Series and a minimum of four Super Series tournaments from next year." http://www.badmintoncentral.com/for...ries-in-2011&p=1520964&viewfull=1#post1520964
hmm- where was the question: what did BWF after that happening with LD, Linesman and coaches? just a short summary please, I just know all the comments - but not anything about BWF's action