dna4ever 2 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Sickaments! 1 billion dollars for playing golfhttp://blogs.golf.com/presstent/2009/10/fo...l#ixzz0SiPI3qMUIt's good to be Tiger Woods. Forbes.com is reporting that Woods is the first athlete to reach $1 billion in earnings, beating out Michael Jordan and Michael Schumacher.Woods earned more than $10.5 million in giant cardboard checks this year on the PGA Tour and added another $10 million last weekend by winning the FedEx Cup. According to Forbes, that little bonus was enough to push Woods over the $1 billion mark.Forbes has been tracking athlete earnings since before Tiger turned pro. Woods had earned a cumulative $895 million going into 2009, by our estimates, from prize money, appearance fees, endorsements, bonuses and his golf course design business. If you add his $10.5 million in 2009 prize money, the FedEx bonus and his take so far this year from his more than $100 million in annual off-the-course earnings, Woods' career earnings are now 10 figures.The article points out that only Woods's accountant truly knows if he's a billionaire, but one thing is certain: Tiger's money-making potential won't slow down anytime soon.The most stunning part is that Woods is only 33 years old--he might have 15 years of competitive golf left in him, and 30-plus years of designing courses. This is only the first billion for Woods.Woods has been the highest-paid American athlete for years, and the competition isn't even close. In this year's Fortunate 50, SI's annual ranking, Woods's estimated total earnings were nearly $100 million, far exceeding Phil Mickelson in second ($53 million) and LeBron James in third ($42.4 million). Amazingly, Woods made even more the year before, according to SI -- $128 million. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,353 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I'm shocked that Phil was number 2. I remember like 10 years ago people speculated that Tiger would be the first sports billionare.. but like in another 10-15 years or so. Jesus. Link to post Share on other sites
king_tanner 84 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I'm suprised that Jordan hasn't got there yet.Tiger definitely deserves to be the highest paid player in all of sports, 1 bil seems overkill though lol. Link to post Share on other sites
bigkg 0 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 The most stunning part is that Woods is only 33 years old--he might have 15 years of competitive golf left in him, and 30-plus years of designing courses. This is only the first billion for Woods.This part interested me. So I looked up how much he makes designing golf courses. And while I couldn't find an average number or anything like that, I did find that he was paid $25 million to design a course in Dubai. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,353 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I'm suprised that Jordan hasn't got there yet.Tiger definitely deserves to be the highest paid player in all of sports, 1 bil seems overkill though lol.As much of a gambling degenerate as jordan is, I'm surprised he isn't broke. Link to post Share on other sites
dna4ever 2 Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 As much of a gambling degenerate as jordan is, I'm surprised he isn't broke.well he's not so bad that he has set himself up in Caesars Palace every day hocking $20 autographs ala Pete Rose style Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,353 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 well he's not so bad that he has set himself up in Caesars Palace every day hocking $20 autographs ala Pete Rose styleyeah, all I'm saying is he'd invested the money he gambled away into 5% annual funds, he'd be a billionare now. Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyJoJo 18 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 But the article isn't saying Tiger Woods is a billionaire (or even that Michael Jordan isn't), it's just saying that's total career earnings. Link to post Share on other sites
dna4ever 2 Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 But the article isn't saying Tiger Woods is a billionaire (or even that Michael Jordan isn't), it's just saying that's total career earnings.yeah, he probably spent at least some of his earnings from the last 10 years by now Link to post Share on other sites
fleung22 1 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Damn...a BILLION dollars. that means Tiger could be buying sports franchises.Imagine if he bought Detriot's baseball team. he could rename it from Detroit Tigers to Tiger's Detroit Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 HE IS BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,755 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 HE IS BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9...;show_article=1 Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 This maybe the highest rated golf event ever...I bet CBS is jumping for joy right now..A possible Masters without Tiger probably scared them to death and now this, a media circus. Link to post Share on other sites
GeneralGeeWhiz 0 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 yes! cant wait for the masters.i also heard that CBS stock rose over 3% after tiger announced he would play the masters. Link to post Share on other sites
BaseJester 1 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I share Rogers Hornsby's sentiment here. I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.On the other hand, a guy who earns a billion dollars can buy a lot of whores, as Tiger has demonstrated. Link to post Share on other sites
king_tanner 84 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I wonder if Tiger is a fan of South Park? Link to post Share on other sites
bigkg 0 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 The texts Tiger sent to one of his pornstars were leaked: http://deadspin.com/5496451/joslyn-james-d...r-sext-messagesSome highlights:"After i cum you better start sucking my cock to get it hard""Slap your face. Treat you like a dirty little whore. Put my cock in your ass and then shove it down your throat""Hold you down while i choke you and Fuck that ass that i own""Next time i see you, you better beg and if you don't do it right i will slap, spank, bite and fuck you till mercy""Have you ever had a golden shower done to you" Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,755 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/201...ient-women.html Link to post Share on other sites
Shark527 0 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 If you had a billion, why even do endorsements anymore?Why do ANYTHING?, except all the plowing ho's part Link to post Share on other sites
grocery_mony 8 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 When hearing about Tigers neck injury I couldnt help but think of the curb episode where Larry says there are only 2 ways to injure your neck. Link to post Share on other sites
byaaatch 0 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 that is an awesome pic. Link to post Share on other sites
Arsenic 0 Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 He's worth a billion dollars...... wow.... If I was Tiger Woods I woulda had a totally different press conference. It would go something like this......"I’m Tiger Woods, but first and foremost I’m a man, I’m worth a billion dollars, not a million, a ****en billion, so **** Nike, **** Gatorade, **** Gillette, **** At& T, and **** my wife!, If she didn’t marry me, she’d be a high priced escort in Sweden right now. I’m Tiger Woods, I’m a man, and on a side note, **** golf too, I’m worth a billion dollars bitch! I’m Oprah rich, **** all ya’ll, and stay the **** out my business! Peace!" Link to post Share on other sites
dapokerbum 0 Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Just put a $10 side bet with a friend of mine that Tiger would finish outside the top 10 in the US Open.I really don't like this bet, but with the way he's been playing it's gonna be difficult to compete ... on the other hand it is Pebble Beach and he knows and loves this course.Thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites
dna4ever 2 Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 Just put a $10 side bet with a friend of mine that Tiger would finish outside the top 10 in the US Open.I really don't like this bet, but with the way he's been playing it's gonna be difficult to compete ... on the other hand it is Pebble Beach and he knows and loves this course.Thoughts?solid bet imoWould be +EV with the books anyways ...Top 10 MoneylineTiger Woods -175Phil Mickelson -175Lee Westwood -110Ernie Els +225Padraig Harrington +225Rory McIlroy +175Jim Furyk +225Luke Donald +225 Link to post Share on other sites
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