Tiger Woods’s Net Worth 2024

Tiger Woods has a net worth of $1.1 billion, as per Forbes. Not only does this make him the first billionaire golfer in history, but it also makes him one of the very few billionaire athletes in the world. Woods undoubtedly owes his high value to his being a savvy businessman and his valuable endorsements.

Woods owes a lot of his wealth to his partnerships and sponsors. One of his most famous and valuable endorsement deals was with Nike, which came to an end after a 27-year partnership that began in 1996. Additionally, the golf pro is sponsored by big names like Bridgestone, Monster Energy, Rolex, and TaylorMade. The golf pro made $60 million in endorsements alone in 2023.

Woods has a sizable portion of his investments put into real estate. One of the most expensive of those investments is his house on Jupiter Island in Florida. In 2006, he spent a whopping $40 million on the property. But that wasn’t the end of it at all! He further went on to construct his $54 million mansion on the property.

Woods also bought both his parents’ houses. In 2007, he spent $2.4 million to buy two plots of land in Jupiter, Florida, for his mother. As per public records, in 2010, a $1.31 million home in Windermere, Florida, was listed under Tiger and Earl’s names.

Tiger Woods’s Early Life

Woods was born on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California. Named Eldrick Tont Woods at birth, he now goes by his widely popular nickname, “Tiger,” which was given to him by his father, Earl Woods, in honor of one of his close army buddies.

From a very young age, Woods began taking a liking to the sport. He became interested in golf at the age of six months after watching his father hit golf balls into a net and imitate his swing. His skills with a club were amazing, and at a very young age, he began being called a golf prodigy.

By the time Woods had reached the age of 2, he had become quite fluid with the game and even showcased his talent by putting alongside the American comedian, Bob Hope, on the Mike Douglas Show. One year later, while regular kids were playing with blocks, Woods shot a low score of 48 across nine holes. At the age of four, Woods flaunted his skills out of a bunker in a short game against a 16-year-old and beat him by four strokes. He was featured in Golf Digest as a 5-year-old, where his abilities were lauded.

Tiger’s father, Earl, was his inspiration to play the sport and was also the one who taught him how to play the game. His first official coach, on the other hand, was Rudy Duran, who began training him at the age of four and continued to do so for six years.

In 1994, Tiger Woods attended Stanford University for two years and pursued a degree in economics. He turned pro in 1996, taking his first steps toward becoming the golf legend that he’s now known as.

Tiger Woods’s Family and His Kids

Tiger is the son of Earl Woods and Kultida Woods. Although he was born an American citizen, Woods’s heritage is part African-American, owing to his father, and part Thai, owing to the fact that his mother is from Thailand. The couple were married for 37 years until Earl sadly passed away at the age of 74 in 2006.

Woods is the only child of Earl and Kultida. But his father had three other children before he was born. Earl Jr. was Woods’ eldest half-sibling and was born in 1955. He is 20 years older than Tiger. Woods has another elder half-brother, Kevin Dale Woods, who is 18 years older than he is and was born in 1957. His third half-sibling is his half-sister, Royce Renee Woods, who was born in 1961.

Woods himself has two children, both with his now ex-wife, Elin Nordegren. His firstborn is their daughter, Sam Alexis Woods, who was born on June 18, 2007. Charlie Axel Woods, her brother and Woods and Elin’s second child, was born on February 8, 2009.

Tiger Woods’s Dating History

In 2001, Woods first met his then-wife-to-be, Elin Nordegren, a former model. The couple dated for a while before getting engaged in November 2003. Less than a year later, in October 2004, the couple tied the knot and were married in Barbados in an intricate ceremony. A little over five years later, they went through a very public and scandalous divorce.

Woods met Rachael Uchitel in 2008. A year later, the two began seeing each other. Allegedly, Uchitel and Woods were seeing each other before his split with his wife, Elin.

Following his messy marriage, Woods started afresh with the American Alpine Olympic skier, Lindsey Vonn. The two made an attractive athlete-power couple. They met in 2012 and began dating soon after. In May 2015, the pair split up due to their hectic athletic lifestyles.

Woods also dated Erica Herman, the former general manager of his restaurant, the Woods Jupiter. The two first made their relationship public in 2017 when she wore a player’s spouse credential at the President’s Cup. The pair broke up in 2023. Following their breakup, Herman also filed a lawsuit against Woods to revoke the non-disclosure agreement she signed when the couple initially started dating. Herman cited the Speak Out Act in her lawsuit, which permits the nullification of NDAs in cases of sexual assault or harassment. However, she later dropped the lawsuit.

Tiger Woods’s Awards and Achievements

Woods has one of the most incredible careers in golf’s history. Having turned pro in August 1996, he straight away began playing on the PGA Tour. Two months into his professional debut, he won his first Tour event, the Las Vegas Invitational, in October. Since then, the golf pro has gone on to win 82 times, the most any player has ever won. He shares this record with Sam Snead.

Less than a year after turning pro, Tiger Woods won his first major championship at Augusta in April 1997 at the Masters. He has gone on to win a total of 15 major championships, second only to Jack Nicklaus, who has won 18 throughout his career, a record Woods is certainly gunning for. Woods won his 15th major at the Masters in 2019.

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“Since he was drafted in 1984, MJ has earned an estimated $3.3 billion when adjusted for inflation — more than any other athlete in history.⁠”

This list is based on an article by Sportico which puts Jordan’s $3.3 billion earnings at the top, around $800 million ahead of Tiger Woods, when adjusted for inflation. This is an important distinction considering a decent sum of MJ’s earnings came from mid 1980s to mid 2000s. If we take into account his non-inflation earnings, even then Jordan clears Woods by a significant margin.

He has accumulated $2.37 billion if we exclude inflation which is still around $600 million over Woods. While much of Jordan’s wealth has come after retirement, Woods is still active and stands at the top of active athletes with the most earnings. If we go back to the inflation-adjusted numbers, the prolific golfer has more than a billion dollars in earnings compared to generational soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

At any rate, Jordan’s incredible increase in net worth is also a result of his NBA ownership bid which multiplied his wealth significantly post-retirement. The NBA legend continues to make extraordinary business decisions.

Michael Jordan earned a lot through his Hornets’ ownership

In 2023, MJ stunned a lot of people when he decided to sell his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets. After being a minority owner since 2006, MJ decided to buy majority stakes of Hornets (then Bobcats) in 2010 for $180 million. Last year, when he decided to sell these stakes, he had made approximately $2 billion in profits. This has given a significant boost to his net worth.

Although he has probably racked up more than $1 billion just through his long-term investments in Gatorade and Nike, it doesn’t compare to his Hornets’ majority sale alone. Now that his net worth has jumped over $3 billion, he has joined an exclusive club. He became the first athlete to join the Forbes 400 list. Now, he is among the 400 richest individuals in the US, ey another feat for the basketball legend.

The end of a 27-year-long partnership! The golf world has been able to witness an iconic collaboration between the likes of Tiger Woods and Nike ever since they joined hands in 1996. But their split, a little while back, does throw a little bit of shade in what was otherwise a perfect alliance. Well, now it appears they have managed to suffer yet another insult to their legacy, courtesy of Nick Dunlap.

The golfer is currently setting himself up for a win at the 2024 American Express as an amateur. However, while doing so, reports have emerged about a deal that the athlete has with a certain brand, all the while speculating an even better relationship than the Woods-Swoosh tie-up!

A slap in the face for Tiger Woods and Nike?

A tweet was shared by Josh Carpenter on his X handle (formerly known as Twitter) mentioning how Dunlap had supposedly bagged “a NIL deal with Adidas.” The reported partnership is said to have started last year, before the athlete won his U.S. Amateur Championship title in August.

However, as per reports, following the victory at the Cherry Hills Country Club and Colorado Golf Club, the “brand restructured the deal to be head to toe” as opposed to using just his name, image, and likeness (NIL) through marketing. Well, these speculations come off as a subtle jab for the legend and his split partnership with the Swoosh since both of them entered into a deal during the 15-time major champ’s pro entry. Meanwhile, the deal Adidas is reported to have with the 20-year-old started when he was just an amateur (which he still is, by the way). Nothing shy of a poke at their legacy.

Nevertheless, if the golfer does emerge victorious at the 2024 American Express, it would prove to be history in the making. Moreover, he would become the first athlete after Phil Mickelson in 1991 to win an event on the PGA Tour as an amateur, a feat nobody has achieved in over 30 years. There seems to be more good news on the way for the Adidas-Dunlap alliance.

Well, it’s not the first time that the news of the exit was met with a snub of sorts. However, this one came from none other than the Swoosh themselves, as they went ahead to delete the 82-time PGA Tour champ from its Nike Tiger Woods page. A journalist, Robert Lusetich, revealed the same while hinting at the success of the longstanding partnership.

The headlines of the golf world sure were abuzz with the news of their exit, following the legend’s choice of using FootJoy at the greens last year and his post on social media indicating the split. Nevertheless, it truly was one of the most successful partnerships that the golf world, or even the sports realm, has ever seen. Although the amateur was reportedly able to one-up Mr.T, one can only wait and see whether the duo will be able to pull off a successful partnership like the pro had with Nike!

Tiger Woods thinks “there’s too much at stake to think about a Ryder Cup.”

The PGA Tour has reached a critical juncture and Woods, a new addition to the circuit’s Policy Board, has stressed that he is too focused on finalising a deal with LIV Golf’s Saudi backers to start plotting revenge on the Europeans at Bethpage in 2025.

But while the Team USA captaincy seat remains unfilled and Woods remains coy, speculation will only intensify over his potential involvement.

Phil Mickelson has ruled himself out of the captaincy running on the grounds he is a “very divisive character”, while former vice-captain Stewart Cink admits his fate rests in Woods’ hands.

“I do want to be the captain and think I can be,” Cink said recently. “But with all due respect to Tiger Woods, I think it’s up to him.”

Whilst mounting his own comeback, Woods is now set to decide whether he should lead the Stars and Stripes in New York next year, or take on the ultimate challenge of winning away at Adare Manor in 2027.

Hunter Mahan, meanwhile, is utterly convinced that the 15-time major winner is the man to rise to both occasions.

“They should roll with Tiger for the next two and let it be a four-year commitment,” Mahan told bunkered.co.uk.

“You’re not too worried about the next one, being at home. The home ones are kind of easy because of the emotion and the crowd is on your side. The one in Ireland is going to be brutal. It’s not going to be the next one you’re worried about.

“I know players love Stewart [Cink] and said he was incredible in the team room so I could see him getting it – but I would have to roll with Tiger.”

Woods, of course, has a famously poor record in the Ryder Cup. In eight matches as a player, he has finished on the winning side just once – at Brookline in 1999.

As a result, some have expressed concern that Woods wouldn’t be a shrewd choice by the PGA of America to take on Luke Donald’s revitalised Europe, especially with the 48-year-old attempting yet another revival on the fairways.

But Mahan believes Woods the captain has the ideal skillset to lead the US team to back-to-back Ryder Cup triumphs for what would be the first time in 34 years.

“Tiger’s a great leader in his own way,” Mahan explained. “You’ve seen it in the Presidents Cup. With Tiger being in the leadership role, he’s a completely different animal. He has this military background which is all about groups and subsets.

“He would plan this thing all out and his preparation for everything would be off the charts so that when guys get there and the tournament rolls around, they would have plan. He’s going to have everything situated in a way that nobody’s really seen before.

“He’s going to be beyond prepared and learn from the past mistakes. You have to treat it differently, it’s night and day being at home and being on the road.”

Losing captain Zach Johnson faced huge scrutiny after his side’s 16-12 defeat at Marco Simone, and Mahan hinted that the grave errors made under the two-time major champion’s leadership may not have happened under Woods’ watch.

“Zach is an A+ human being in every way and everyone on the team would say that. But it’s very clear that the job can overwhelm you and it can just get away from you really quickly,” he said.

“There were too many cooks in the kitchen. There were so many assistants scrambling to figure out what to do. There has to be an alpha, but it felt like there were six alphas.

“If you just think it’s about those three days and that ‘we just got outplayed and outputted’ – give me a break, you don’t understand what’s happening. You don’t understand what’s going on.

“Europe were so well prepared and everyone on that team played that golf course multiple times. No-one in the US did. No one did anything, their preparation was really bad. Everything felt like an afterthought.”