Tiger Woods Net Worth and Achievements as a Golf Player

Tiger Woods is a professional Golf player in America. In terms of major championships won by men, he is ranked second and tied for first in the PGA Tour. He also possesses other golf records. Apart from being one of the most famous athletes in recent history, many people consider Woods one of the greatest golfers ever.

He had won his first major, the 1997 Masters, by 12 shots in a performance that broke records, along with three PGA Tour titles. Less than a year after going pro, in June 1997, he had his initial appearance at the top of the Official World Golf Ranking. Woods controlled the golf world in the first ten years of the twenty-first century.

Tiger Woods' Net Worth 2024

Tiger Woods net worth is estimated at $1.3 Billion in 2024. Since going pro in 1996, Tiger has made almost $1.8 billion in his career. After accounting for inflation, he has easily made over $2 billion.

August 29, 1996, was Tiger's debut as a professional golfer. 228 days later, on April 13, 1997, he won The Masters. The 21-year-old got a five-year $40 million contract with Nike and a five-year $20 million agreement with Titleist because of Tiger Woods Masters victory.

A month or two later, on May 20, 1997, Tiger signed a $30 million, five-year contract with American Express, the day after winning the Byron Nelson Classic. His career earnings reached $100 million after the American Express deal and his prizes from Nike, Titleist, and tournaments. In just 264 days, Tiger made $100 million in revenue.

Tiger Woods Biography and Family

Woods got engaged to Elin Nordegren in November 2003. Nordegren is a former model from Sweden and the daughter of radio journalist Thomas Nordegren.

On October 5, 2004, they were married at the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados. They then made Isleworth, a subdivision in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, Florida, their home. Woods moved into the 10,000-square-foot home they started building in Jupiter Island, Florida, in 2010 after the couple's divorce. They bought the $39-million estate there in 2006.

Woods and Nordegren's first kid was a daughter named Sam Alexis Woods, who was born in 2007. Since Woods's father had always called him Sam, he decided to go with that name. Tiger Woods son, Charlie Axel Woods, was born in 2009.

Early Life

On December 30, 1975, Tiger Woods was born in Cypress, California, to Earl and Tida Woods. He is their lone child. From his father's first marriage, he has a half-sister named Royce and two half-brothers named Earl Jr. and Kevin.

Woods was raised in Orange County, California. The son of the athletic Earl Woods was a child prodigy who learned to play golf when he was two years old. Earl was not only one of the first Black Americans to play baseball at Kansas State University but also a one-handicapped amateur golfer.

Woods participated in his first major national junior competition, the 1989 Big I, at the age of thirteen. Then, relatively unknown pro John Daly was paired with him in the championship round. According to the event's structure, the junior qualifying groups were paired with professionals.

When Woods won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at the age of 15, he was a student at Western High School in Anaheim. Before Jim Liu broke it in 2010, this record lasted. He was recognized as the 1991 Junior Amateur Player of the Year by Golf Digest and the Southern California Amateur Player of the Year.

Professional Career

When Woods turned professional in August 1996, at the age of 20, he obtained sponsorship contracts with Nike, Inc. and Titleist right once, which at the time were the highest-paying endorsement deals in golf history. Woods won the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year title and Sportsman of the Year from Sports Illustrated in 1996.

He broke all previous records to win his first major, the Masters, on April 13, 1997, making history as the youngest champion of the competition at age 21. He broke the record for the quickest climb to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking two months later.

Woods had an impressive start to 2006; he won his first two PGA events but could not earn his fifth Masters title in April. At the end of the season, Woods had won 54 games overall, 12 of them majors. Over an 11-season span, he shattered the tour records for total and major wins.

Woods declared in December 2009 that he would be taking an indefinite vacation from professional golf after the disclosure of his marital infidelities, which attracted extensive media publicity towards the end of 2009.

When Woods competed again in April, it was at the 2010 Masters, where he tied for fourth place. After the Masters, he had disappointing performances at the Players Championship and Quail Hollow Championship, where he quit in the fourth round due to an injury.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What makes Tiger Woods so wealthy?

A major portion of Woods' wealth has come from endorsement agreements with well-known companies like Monster Energy and Nike.

Q. What is Tiger Woods net worth in rupees?

Tiger Woods net worth in rupees is 360,756,370,000.

Q. What is Tiger Woods ex wife net worth?

An estimate of her net worth is $200 million. Nordegren received an enormous amount as part of the divorce settlement after her separation from Woods.