Tournament question/issue

[Hey_Porter]

Played a tournament on monday, a modified chapman. My partner and I played horribly. Well, not horribly, but it's a REALLY tight course, and we had way too hard a time getting two decent balls into play off the tee, and way too many penalty strokes. Birdies were EXTREMELY few, and way too many over-par scores. My question is regarding the pro (of that course) playing in the tournament. It was stressed that he would NOT be paying for prizes, however, his partner was. The tournament payed gross and net, which kind of evened things out, but the team with the pro on it might as well have been guaranteed first in gross. They shot a 62, and I think the second place team shot 70. Thoughts?