Tiger Woods has won 110 professional tournaments, including 15 majors, in his multi-decade career, making him the most successful player in history. He held the top spot in the world rankings for a total of 683 weeks, including 281 consecutive weeks, and is the only golfer to have won all four major tournaments of the modern era in a single year.
In 2014 he became the first sportsman in the world to have broken the billion dollar barrier. Astronomical figure that also justifies the fact that Tiger Woods can afford a yacht like the Privacy, a real fairytale boat. And obviously we are talking about something that has cost a lot.
He was Nominated Player of the Year ten times and as many finished at the top of the money list. Tiger is one of only five golfers in history to have won the Grand Slam in addition to having won 15 Majors and collected a total of 82 successes.
Tiger Woods thus officially enters the Hall of fame at the age of 46 year-old, as reported by Sky Sports. 683 weeks from number one in the world, 13 years and two months. In five seasons, from 1999 to 2003, he won 32 tournaments in 101 appearances.
Tiger Woods the billionaire!
Tiger Woods increases his earnings and become a billionaire like Michael Jordan and LeBron James. The American golfer raised the money and invested it in other assets ranging from a golf design company TGR Design to a restaurant named after him, The Woods, including stakes in media companies.
Among his investments, startups operating in the technology sector related to the world of golf, exclusive mini golf clubs in Florida and many other non-sporting activities. One of these, TGR Live, belongs to him and produces live events.
He said to Forbes where the billion dollars comes from: 10% from the successes on the golf courses, most of his revenues come from sponsorship deals with prestigious brands: 1.7 billion dollars accumulated in his career against a total assets which now amount to 1 billion and place it at the same level of earnings as LeBron James and Michael Jordan.
Woods in among the most important sports icons of these era and ever: like Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps and Lewis Hamilton.