Each year Tiger Woods hosts an annual charity auction and concert in Vegas. This year the concert was Van Halen, who filled Mandalay Bay's events center. But a large part of the $1.5 million came from a dinner and charity auction held for those who can afford it before the concert. One regular Tiger Jam attendee, Kristi Yamaguchi, told me: "Vegas is great for charity. It brings people together for a cause and people love the town." 

 

She is right. As shown on Buick's site, a loaded Enclave costs $36,955. My bet though is if you went to a dealership you could get that price down a little. But then you would not have a Tiger Woods signed visor on the car. For that honor, Bill Sopko, who is the president of a company that makes grinding machinery and who was visiting Vegas from Cleveland, was willing to offer a winning bid of $46,000.  These days you don't send a check later. A woman promptly appeared at his dinner table with a mobile credit card charging device to collect that $46,000. After getting his card back, Sopko explained his choice:

 

"I love Buicks and I have one now, but my wife hates it. She wanted me to buy a different car. And this is for charity. It takes gas and I am just going to drive it like a regular day car. The problem is that I am going to take it to a restaurant or somewhere else and say, 'This is a Tiger Woods car,' and they're going to say, 'No it's not.' " (Photo by Sarah Gerke)