I think a majority of those who have a gripe with this (and I include myself in this) are those who are continually burnt by the other negatives about this game whioch have not been addressed or at least acknowledged honestly. If WGT were interested in honestly acknowledging issues such as meter glitches and the like, players would be far more likely to be willing to pay a reasonable amount of money to play what still is a very good game. But the continual head in the sand or money grabbing actions of WGT have left many very disillusioned, so they become very unwilling to accept anything which is not or appears to be not in the players interest.
For me personally, I have no intention of playing the ready gos any more, and am one of the players who saw them as the chance to make a few credits. I started out playing in them losing dough, and was putting in my own money to pay for balls and clubs until I became good enough to become self sustaining through RG payouts. This gave me enough of a bank to play more RG's, but also be able to sponsor tournaments in Country Clubs, giving something back to the people I play with. This won't be happening any more once the credits start running out. If we were playing the final, pay-for version of the game I may do so, but this is still the beta version.
If these sorts of things are how WGT is going to treat its mugs ( sorry, players), because that is how I see them viewing us, then once the money runs, so will I. And I won't be back for the main version, because they are still going to have the same attitude towards us. I would be happy to pay a reasonable amount for a quality product, but not if you're gonna simply see me as someone to screw a dollar out of and reduce my chances of getting something back.
I may play one RG a week...but that will only be at StA because that course gives me the best chance of returning a card which will give me a return.