Tiger Woods becomes the first $1 billion sportsman

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http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/tiger-woods-becomes-the-first-1-billion-sportsman-1901626.html

Tiger Woods has become the first billion-dollar sportsman after 13 years as a professional golfer.

According to Forbes, the $10m ( €6.86m) bonus that Woods got for his recent FedEx Cup win pushed him over the $1bn ( €690m) mark in total career earnings.

Up to the beginning of 2009, the world's number one golfer had earned $895m (€613m) from prize money, appearance fees, sponsorship and from designing golf courses.

Adding together his winnings from this year together with his annual $100m (€69m) earnings, this makes Woods the first dollar billionaire sportsman.

Woods, 34, has been the world's highest paid sportsman since 2002, when he overtook Formula One's Michael Schumacher.

In the past seven years his earnings have rocketed as he diversified into golf course design.

The bulk of Woods's earnings come from his long-term partnership with sports giant Nike, which pay him upwards of €22m a year.

The Forbes report also found America's wealthiest are getting poorer as a direct of result of the financial crisis, with the country's ten richest individuals seeing $39.2bn (€26.8bn) wiped off their collective wealth in just a year.

The net worth of the 400 most affluent people in the US fell by $300bn in the past 12 months, from $1.57 trillion to $1.27 trillion.

The findings come from the latest survey of America's 400 richest people by Forbes magazine – the Forbes 400.

© Telegraph.co.uk

BUACHAILL

my heart bleeds for them ha ha

Mister Sifter

Not sure how true it is, but i read a story from another pro recently who went to dinner with Woods in Wendys burger joint. They get to the till and Tiger pulls out a money off voucher.

Dolph Starbeam

Ye seen this on Sky News this morning, some ammount of money :eek:

Morrisseeee

.........simply sickening !

PhilipMarlowe

Mister Sifter wrote: »

Not sure how true it is, but i read a story from another pro recently who went to dinner with Woods in Wendys burger joint. They get to the till and Tiger pulls out a money off voucher.

When it comes to eating right, I'm pretty easy to please. I stick to lean meats and seafood, lots of fruits and vegetables and no junk food. My typical breakfast is an egg-white omelet with vegetables. Lunch and dinner is usually grilled chicken or fish with salad and vegetables. Protein ranks high in my diet because it helps build muscle tissue. I also take daily supplements for bone protection and nutritional support.

Can't imagine him eating too many burgers, let alone having a voucher in his wallet

DU.LLAHAN

cant say i am surprised there has been talk about that for years

latenia

And he still always looks like he's about to burst into tears...

Burgerman55

That big hairy caddy bloke is always saying woods is a tightass.
Prob just sour grapes though.

youtheman

I heard that the highest earning New Zealand sports-person last year was Tiger Wood's caddy.

Burgerman55

Been the case for years actually.
not very surprising either.

doug howlett is prob 2nd