Tiger Woods first $99 million golfer

With his win Sunday at the AT&T National, Tiger Woods passed the surreal number of $99 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour.

The $100 million contract is nothing new to leagues such as the NBA, NFL or Major League Baseball, but this total is completely unprecedented on the PGA Tour. Woods has long been the circuit’s all-time leader in career earnings. In fact, no other player has made $70 million in his career.

It’s no coincidence that Woods’ career arc mirrored that of the PGA Tour’s growth in purses and annual revenues. With Tiger reaching the $100 million milestone, we at Numbers Game would like to offer some perspective on the difference Woods has helped make in the bank accounts of touring pros over the past 15 or so years.

In August 1996, Tiger Woods turned pro. At the end of 1995, the PGA Tour’s all-time leader in career earnings was Greg Norman — with $9.6 million. Tiger has made more than 10 times that amount on the PGA Tour in his career so far.

In fact, Tiger has made more than $9.6 million in PGA Tour earnings in four different single seasons. In 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009, Woods made more than $9.6 million. Vijay Singh holds the PGA Tour single-season record for earnings, making $10.9 million in 2004.

Before Woods did it in 1997, no player had ever made more than $2 million in a single season on the PGA Tour. In 2009, a record 38 players made at least $2 million.

In 1995, Tiger’s last full year as an amateur, only nine PGA Tour players made $1 million. In 2008, 104 players made at least $1 million (also a record for the PGA Tour).

That’s why Tiger’s ex-wife can knock down a $12Million dollar house and build a brand new one in it’s place!

5 thoughts on “Tiger Woods first $99 million golfer

  • Marisa Sung

    TIGER IS WORTH 99 RED LOVE BALLOONS MILL IONS?? YUE CAN TAKE A SHOT AT MEE ANYTIME BC AS YUE KNOW THERE ARE 18 SHOTS IN A ROUND OF JACK DANIELS!! OR SEW I HEAR?? MEOW!!

    99 MILLION LUV BALLOONS!! 🙂

    DON’T WORRY TIGER, I’LL MAKE YUE FEEL ALL BETTER ABOUT YOUR NASTY MEAN EX KNOCKING DOWN YOUR BIG BEAUTIFUL 12 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE!! WEN I’M DONE WITH YUE IT’LL BEE LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED HONEE!! 🙂

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  • Marisa Sung

    TIGER IS WORTH 99 RED LOVE BALLOONS MILL IONS?? YUE CAN TAKE A SHOT AT MEE ANYTIME BC AS YUE KNOW THERE ARE 18 SHOTS IN A ROUND OF JACK DANIELS!! OR SEW I HEAR?? MEOW!!

    99 MILLION LUV BALLOONS!! 🙂

    DON’T WORRY TIGER, I’LL MAKE YUE FEEL ALL BETTER ABOUT YOUR NASTY MEAN EX KNOCKING DOWN YOUR BIG BEAUTIFUL 12 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE!! WEN I’M DONE WITH YUE IT’LL BEE LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED HONEE!! 🙂

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  • Marisa Sung

    VERY FUNNY BUT THE BLONDE IN THE VIDEO LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE WIFE OF AN OLD EMPLOYER OF MINE WHO TOLD MEE ON MAI FIRST DAY ON THE JOB THAT HER HUSBAND WAS AN ASSHOLE AND AN IDIOT AND NOT TO ADMIRE OR LOOK UP TO HIM IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM BC HE WAS A LOSER. SHE THEN WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT SHE WAS THE BRAINS BEHIND THE OPERATION ALTHOUGH HE WAS A DISTINGUISHED HARVARD MBA AND SHE DIDN’T EVEN POSSESS A BASIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEGREE!! LOL MAYBE IT IS ACTUALEE HER IN THIS VIDEO!! I REALEE WOULDN’T KNOW FOR SURE?? PERHAPS YUE KNOW BC AS SOON AS I WAS ABLE TO GET RID “THE WINNER AND “THE BRAINS” BEHIND ALL BUSINESSES ON THE PHONE THIS SONG IMMEDIATLEE HIT MAI BIG HEAD FOR SOME STRANGE REASON(S)!! GO FIGURE?? I AM NOT JONISING TO BEE MEAN BUTT WITH SWEET AND SUPPORTIVE SPOUSES LIKE THAT HE NEEDS MISTRESSES?? 🙁

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  • Marisa Sung

    TIGER IS WORTH 99 RED LOVE BALLOONS MILL IONS?? YUE CAN TAKE A SHOT AT MEE ANYTIME BC AS YUE KNOW THERE ARE 18 SHOTS IN A ROUND OF JACK DANIELS!! OR SEW I HEAR?? MEOW!!

    99 MILLION LUV BALLOONS!! 🙂

    DON’T WORRY TIGER, I’LL MAKE YUE FEEL ALL BETTER ABOUT YOUR NASTY MEAN EX KNOCKING DOWN YOUR BIG BEAUTIFUL 12 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE!! WEN I’M DONE WITH YUE IT’LL BEE LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED HONEE!! 🙂

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