What is Tiger Woods’ net worth? Let’s have a look at his earnings during his golfing career.
Golfing fans are worried that Tiger Woods’ career could be over after he was in a serious car accident this week. The 45-year-old was driving on his own in Los Angeles on Tuesday (February 23rd) when he crashed and had to be cut out his car.
He was rushed to hospital and underwent emergency surgery and recent reports say he is “awake and responsive” but “fortunate to be alive”.
Tiger is widely considered as the best golfer of all time, and he has a net worth to prove it. Here’s his estimated wealth…
Tiger Woods’ career earnings explored
Celebrity Net Worth also report that Tiger Woods’ salary is roughly $50 million every year. However this is only an average, and between June 2019 and June 2020 he earned $63 million.
His huge fortune comes from his golfing career, and since he became a professional golfer in 1996, his career earnings total at $1.5 billion, making him the highest-earning golfer of all time.
Let’s explore his high-earning golfing career in a little more detail…
A look at Tiger’s golf career
So how has Tiger become the highest-earning golfer of all time? Well, it’s all thanks to the numerous tournaments and world titles he has won.
In 1996 at the age of 20, Tiger turned professional and by the end of 1997 he had already won three PGA tour events and his first major at the 1997 Masters. He also reached number one in the world rankings in the same year.
In total, he’s won 15 professional major tournaments, had 81 PGA Tour wins, 41 European tour wins and five Masters wins. He has also been crowned PGA Player of the year 11 times, Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the year twice, and AP Male Athlete of the year 4 times.
As well as that, he’s been ranked number one for more consecutive weeks than any other player and will be put into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2021.
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