Why did he choose to play there. Surely he would know it would be very hot. Couldn't he have chosen a different event. It's really hard to know where he is at exactly.
Yes. Did he get appearance money ? Qatar are very generous with appearance money. Was that the motivation? Hard to see otherwise why a 15k in Qatar, outside, still in the hot months, would be top of your list....
Mind you, I'm not too convinced about the heat argument (for the retirement/score) at the best of times....