Highest-paid athletes in 2021: # 12 Tiger Woods, leading golfer

Tiger Woods |
Tiger Woods at the Genesis Invitational Golf Tournament on February 21, 2021. | Source: Getty Images

EXCLUSIVE | In this Olympic year, throughout the summer we are offering a series unlike any other: “Discovering the 50 best paid athletes on the planet”. Fifty portraits of exceptional men and women who, in their discipline and well beyond, panic the counters. Moreover, the 50 highest paid athletes in 2021 won nearly $ 2.8 billion: a record! One day, a portrait is one of the summer meetings with Forbes France.

Identity : Tiger Woods

Ranking : #12 equally

Pays : United States

Age : 45 years old

Sport : Golf

Income : $ 60 million

Sports income : 200 000 dollars

Non-sports income : $ 60 million

Residence : Jupiter Island, Florida, United States

Private life : Divorced

Child (ren) : 2

Agent : Mark Steinberg

Agency : Excel Sports Management

Sponsors : 2K Sports, Bridgestone, Centinel Spine, Discovery Communications Inc, Full Swing, Hero Motocorp, Kowa Company Ltd., Monster Energy, Nike

University course : Stanford University

• Since his car accident in February 2021, Tiger Woods is on the sidelines.
• The famous golfer nevertheless managed to record a victory with the signing, from his hospital bed in March 2021, of an agreement for the use of his image in the video game. PGA Tour 2K.
• Since turning pro in 1996, Tiger Woods has earned $ 1.5 billion through sponsorship contracts, various public appearances, and golf course design consultant fees.
• In 2019, TaylorMade and Tiger Woods release their first set of golf clubs.
• In 2020, Payne’s Valley, the first public golf course designed by the golf star, opened in Missouri.

Article traduit de Forbes US – Auteurs : Brett Knight, Justin Birnbaum, Christina Settimi, David Dawkins, Ariel Shapiro et Madeline Berg

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