Double Tiger fist pump!
Well, this shouldn’t really come as a shock to anyone, but by Forbes calculations when Tiger won his $10.5 million bonus at the FedEx Cup last weekend he surpassed the $1 billion mark in career earnings. This marks the first time any athlete has reached a billion in overall earnings. Tiger started the year at $895 million, and Sunday’s payout coupled with all the event winnings, sponsors, and his golf course design company Forbes projected he has made over $100 million this season and is now past a billion dollars. He continues to be the highest paid athlete of all time on an annual basis, and it’s not out of reach for him to hit the $3 billion mark before it’s all said and done. He’s has exceeded every expectation by far over his 14 year career, and looks to have a lot left in the tank.
$1 million a hole eh? How many strokes are you giving me Tiger?
I always knew that he was rolling in dough, but until I saw this reported, I didn’t realize how much more he made than all other athletes!
Even Michael Jordan hasn’t achieved this feat, and for some reason I figured he had. I guess his deals in the 90’s weren’t quite as lucrative as Woods’s are now. Jordan should reach that mark in the next four or five years with his current paychecks still rolling in mainly from Nike. I’m sure when Tiger finally calls it quits he’ll have plenty of crazy money games with MJ!
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October 1st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
chappy
Tiger’s achievement while staggering. It just goes to show what the power of the media has been able to do.
Once Nike and IMG came unto the scene it made easy for the likes of Woods , Lebron and Jordan to earn vast amounts of money both in their chosen field of endeavor as well as by the way of endorsements . And that afterall where much of the money is to be made.
However one also has to admire someone like Magic Johnson who has amassed a wealth in excess of $600 million through his business ventures.
Alan Parkins
October 1st, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I’m not shocked by any means that he is a billionaire. I actually thought he already was! It’s very true though as corporate America grew stronger they needed figures like Tiger, Lebron, and MJ to help them sell… It’s crazy how much the sponsorships are. I work at Quiksilver and we also own DC shoes. I saw one of Big Black’s checks one day and we paid him about 200K just for being Rob Dyrdek’s body guard on the MTV show…
October 5th, 2009 at 9:21 am
chappy
For $500k I’d allow Rob Drydek to sleep with my girfriend and then I’d even write a screen play about it. Oh I forgot some CBS moron tried to do the same thing with Letterman LOL, LOL ,LOL !!! . And look where that got him ?
October 5th, 2009 at 10:52 am
It’s crazy how much some people make for doing nothing. I get why we give Rob money, but his f***in bodyguard gets 12 times as much as me!?! Weak!
October 1st, 2009 at 12:40 pm
chappy 81
Dropped an NBA piece should you at all be interested ?
http://tophatal.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/kobe-you-and-i-going-to-rule-the-world-and-well-have-the-illest-rap-video-out-there-and-tell-kanye-at-the-2010-vmas-wed-appreciate-his-support/……….
Alan Parkins