Tiger Woods picked his first PGA Tour win for the first time in 1,876 days on Sunday at the East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta, Georgia. The purse of the event was $9M with Tiger taking home $4.6M, which leads us to provide an update of Mr. Woods’ finances.
Tiger Woods is finally celebrating a long awaited PGA Tour win achieved Sunday at the East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta, Georgia. The win is Tiger’s 80th of his career, and his first tournament victory in over five years. The purse of the tournament was a clean $9 million with Tiger pocketing $4.6 million, further loading his wallet for the season, and his career.
On current Forbes lists, Woods is ranked #66 on the Celebrity 100 of 2018, and #16 on The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes of 2018. The last time his net worth was accurately calculated by Forbes in 2016, it was reportedly $740 million.
At age 42, Woods has earned $42 million in endorsements this year with Upper Deck, TaylorMade, Monster Energy, Bridgestone, Hero Motocorp, Nike, and Rolex.
On the PGA Money Leaders of this season, Woods ranks #8 playing in 18 events with earnings of $5,443,841.
Tiger is still dominating the All-Time Money Leaders in golf sitting in the #1 spot with a career total of $113,884,853 in winnings. Phil Mickelson trails by nearly $26 million in the number two spot, and Vijay Singh by $43 million as the number three.
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