Tiger Woods Net Worth

What is Tiger Woods' net worth?

net worth:	$800 million
age:	Chapter 48
Date of Birth:	December 30, 1975
gender:	male
high:	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
country of origin:	USA
Source of wealth:	Professional Golfer
Last updated:	September 9, 2024

introduce

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer with an estimated net worth of $800 million.

He has finished second in both major championships and the PGA Tour and holds several golf records. Woods is widely considered one of the greatest golfers in the history of the sport.

Quick Facts

Tiger Woods is one of the most celebrated players in golf history.
He began his career at a very young age, drawing inspiration and guidance from his father, Earl.
He studied at Stanford University on a golf scholarship.
Woods is the only person to win the U.S. Junior Amateur three times.
He set the record for the fastest rise to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
He has won 82 PGA Tour titles.
He has won 41 European Tour titles.
Woods has won 14 professional golf major championships.
He is one of the highest-paid professional golfers in history.

early life

Eldrick Trotter Woods was born on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California. He was nicknamed “Tiger” in honor of his father's friend, South Vietnamese Colonel Vuong Dang Phong.

His parents are Earl and Kourtida “Tida” Woods. Tiger Woods is the only child of his parents, but he has three half-siblings from his father's previous marriage.

Woods is of mixed descent. His father was a Vietnam War veteran. Earl's parents were African American, but he also has European, Native American, and possibly Chinese ancestry.

His mother, Kurtida, is from Thailand and has Chinese, German, and Thai ancestors in her family tree. Tiger Woods himself describes his ethnicity as “Caprinacian” – a mix of Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and Asian.

He was named Eldrick after his mother in honor of his parents – the name begins with E (his father's first letter) and ends with K (his mother's first letter).

Woods was introduced to golf at the age of two by his father, who was also an amateur golfer. Earl had some semi-professional experience as one of the first African-American college baseball players at Kansas State University. Since Earl had playing privileges at the Los Alamitos Navy Golf Course, young Woods was able to train there.

From the beginning, Tiger showed great potential and talent. In his early years, he appeared on the Mike Douglas Show, at the age of five, he appeared in Golf Digest and appeared on ABC's That's incredible!

Before he was seven, he was champion in the under-10 category, which included driving, pitching and putting. He also had some success at the World Junior Golf Championships, winning the 9-10 boys (the youngest age category) at age eight.

It was not his last word at the tournament, as he won the World Junior Golf Championship six times in his lifetime, four of which were consecutive wins (1988 to 1991).

Woods' first major national junior championship was the 1989 Big I. At age 15, he became the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur champion, a record that stood until 2010 when it was broken by Jim Liu.

Tiger played in his first PGA Championship in 1992. During this time, he was named Golf Digest's Amateur of the Year, Golf World's Player of the Year, and Golfweek's National Amateur of the Year.

Among his many accomplishments in his early career were some impressive records, such as being the only person to win the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship three times and becoming the youngest champion of the U.S. Amateur Championship, a record that was not broken until 2008 by Danny Lee.

In addition to his solo performances, he also participated in team competitions. He was a member of the 1994 Eisenhower Cup World Amateur Golf Team Championship and the 1995 Walker Cup U.S. team.

Tiger Woods graduated from West High School in 1994 and continued his education and golf at Stanford University. He majored in economics, but his main focus was still on sports (he received a golf scholarship).

He was popular among his peers, earning nicknames such as “Ucker” and won the Stanford University Male Rookie of the Year Award. Talking about his career achievements, in 1995, Tiger successfully defended his U.S. Amateur title at the tournament held at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island.

That same year, he played in his first PGA Tour major, the 1995 Masters. He tied for 41st, but was the only amateur to make the cut.

At the age of 20, he officially became the first golfer to win three consecutive U.S. Amateur Championships and won the NCAA Individual Golf Championship that same year (1996).

In 1996, he left Stanford to pursue a professional career.

Profession

Tiger Woods' Career

After turning professional in 1996, he immediately received offers from Nike, Inc. and Titleist because of his fame in college. These contracts are among the most lucrative in golf history.

He won his first major tournament, the Masters, in 1997. He also set the record for the fastest rise to number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.

He started the new millennium with six consecutive wins in 2000, one of which was the U.S. Open, where he broke or tied nine records, including becoming the youngest golfer to win a professional major.

The next two seasons did not go well for him. However, his form recovered in 2005, winning six official PGA Tour bonus events. He finished the 2006 season with 54 wins.

In 2007, his vision problems resurfaced (he first had laser eye surgery in 1999), and Woods decided to have another surgery to fix the problem — and it was again a success.

Around the same time, Tiger began to have serious problems with his knees. This led to him undergoing knee surgery in April 2008. He was forced to withdraw from the 2008 U.S. Open, but he returned to play just two months later.

Despite some difficulties, he managed to defeat Rocco Mediate, but two days later he announced that he would have to withdraw from the rest of the season to continue treatment due to a knee injury that was more serious than previously believed.

Woods himself called it his “greatest championship ever.” That sentiment was reflected in the ratings for the rest of the season, which dropped significantly after Woods withdrew.

In 2009, Woods returned to the golf course and was warmly welcomed. He did not disappoint the fans and performed well, winning the 2009 Presidents Cup with an amazing performance. However, this did not affect his private life, because at the end of the year, Woods was exposed to a cheating scandal.

His sponsors canceled their contracts and his ranking dropped. It was the first time in his career that he did not win a single tournament. In December of that year, following a backlash, Tiger Woods announced that he would temporarily take a break from golf.

In 2011, his performance was still bad. Woods tied for fourth at the 2011 Masters, but had to miss the PGA Tour that year due to a contusion. There was also turmoil in Woods' close team. Around this time, Tiger Woods fired his long-time caddie Steve Williams. Eventually, he was replaced by Joe LaCava.

In 2012, he failed to capture major victories at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, but he did tie for second at the Honda Classic. Still, that was Woods' lowest final-round score of his entire PGA Tour career.

He returned to form in 2013, winning the Farmers Insurance Open in January and the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship in March. He re-established himself as the world's No. 1 player at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

However, due to an elbow injury, he had bad luck at the 2013 U.S. Open, finishing 12 shots behind tournament winner Justin Rose.

The next few years of his career were filled with great comebacks and periods of slump due to back and knee injuries. His biggest wins in recent years were a second-place finish at the 2018 PGA Championship, a 2019 Masters title and a 2020 PGA Tour title.

In 2021, he suffered a car accident, but he returned to the 2022 Masters and finished 47th.

In 2021, Woods was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Profit history

Year	income
1997	$26.1 million
1998	$26,800,000
1999	$27 million
2000	$47 million
2002	$69 million
2003	$78 million
2004	$80,300,000
2005	$87 million
2006	$90 million
2007	$100 million
2008	$115 million
2009	$110 million
2010	$105 million
2011	$55 million
2012	$58 million
2013	$78 million
2014	$61 million
2015	$50,500,000
2016	$45,500,000
2017	$37.1 million
2018	$43,300,000
2019	$63,900,000
2020	$62,300,000
All	$1,515.8 million

private life

Tiger Woods is the only child of his parents, but he has a half-sister and two half-brothers. In 2004, he married Swedish model Elin Nordegren, the daughter of journalist Thomas Nordegren and former Immigration Minister Pablo Holmberg, at the Sandy Lane Resort in Barbados.

The couple purchased a $39 million estate in Jupiter Island, Florida. Their first child, Sam Alexis Woods, was born in 2007, and two years later, the couple welcomed their second child, Charlie Axel Woods.

Tiger and Elin divorced in 2010 after the cheating scandal broke out.

How does Tiger Woods spend his money?

The acclaimed golfer has had an outstanding career and earnings, bringing in $118 million from his time on the golf course.

However, this represents about 7.6% of his total career earnings, as most of Woods' money comes from his huge endorsement deals with companies such as Nike, Gatorade, Golf Digest, American Express, Rolex, Monster Energy Drink, AT&T and NetJets.

Tiger's career income from this aspect has reached 1.6 billion US dollars, accounting for more than 92% of his total income.

Woods joins Michael Jordan and LeBron James as one of the highest-paid players to date and has entered the billionaire club thanks to his endorsement deals.

How does he spend his golf winnings? Woods owns real estate and other assets. Most importantly:

A 12-acre oceanfront estate in Jupiter, Florida, valued at $75 million.
The $25 million yacht “Privacy”
Gulfstream G550 private jet worth $54 million,
His golf design company, Tiger Woods Design, specializes in designing golf courses around the world.

Highlights

Here are some highlights from Tiger Woods' career:

Most consecutive U.S. Amateur Golf Championships
Tiger Woods' Longest Drive on PGA Tour 06
Youngest golf Masters champion