Golfer Tiger Woods is in the news, but this time for all the wrong reasons. Woods has made international headlines with his single-car crash that has triggered off rumours of his illicit extra-marital affairs.
Golfer Tiger Woods is in the news, but this time for all the wrong reasons. Woods has made international headlines with his single-car crash that has triggered off rumours of his illicit extra-marital affairs.
The spiralling scandal and his injuries keep Woods away from the Chevron World Challenge that started yesterday. CS brings you interesting dope on the highest earning sportsman in history:
The World No 1 earned an estimated $110 million from his winnings and endorsements last year.
Woods has won 14 professional major golf championships and 71 PGA Tour events. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer.u00a0
He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour.
Woods has been called the world's most marketable athlete. Since 1996, he began signing numerous endorsement deals with General Motors, American Express, Accenture and Nike, TAG Heuer and others.
Woods is a Buddhist and is said to have acquired the faith from his Thai mom. When he went to Thailand for a tournament in 2000, the Thai officials tried to bestow on him royal decorations, and offered him Thai citizenship. But Woods politely turned them down.
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