Boxers Drop Tiger And Phil On Forbes List Of Highest Paid Athletes

Kurt Badenhausen explains the shift on the annual list due to the pay-per-view hauls of Mayweather and Pacquiao and notes this about Tiger at just, just $59.4 million last year:

Woods’ total earnings dropped $16 million from last year to $59.4 million and have been sliced in half since their peak in 2009. Despite his collapse in this year’s U.S. Open, Woods is playing much better on the course and his prize money doubled from the prior 12 months. But the $2 million bump in prize money does not offset the loss of sponsors like Tag Heuer and Gillette.

Woods’ golf course design business has also struggled. Development of his Dubai course was shut down last year and the developer of his North Carolina course, Cliffs Club & Hospitality, filed for bankruptcy in 2012.

The top ten, so you don't have to endure a slow slideshow.

Comments

[18 beats 14]

How much are Nike and EA paying this guy?

The Japanese massage cream company is paying him pocket change and if FUSE ever bought Tiger lunch, they would have to declare bankruptcy. And, he is only about the 7th best paid male golfer on the Rolex ambassador staff judging by the fact that he has never appeared in any Rolex TV advertising (unlike Phil, Jack, Arnie, Gary Player, Tom Watson, Luke Donald, Immelman, Villegas, Scott, Goosen, Howell the Turd, Fowler, Kaymer, Paul Casey and Matteo Manassaro - hell, TW isn't even on the Rolex website like most of the other ambassadors are).

[DTF]

Very few Rolex "ambassadors" are actually paid in cash.....guys like Howell get paid in merchandise. But you can bet Tiger is on the cash comp list, and it's a short list (at least in terms of golfers).

[elf]

Does anyone else find it ironic (or sad) that the guy on top of the list is currently in jail for domestic violence and threatening to beat his kids?

[Matt H]

@Elf: Yes, and probably worse than what others on the top ten list have done.

[Geek Tragedy]

Mr. DTF - how do you know Tiger is on the cash comp list at Rolex? Apart from the occasional print ad, they hardly use him. It is almost as if they see a risk in displaying him too prominently. Rolex is actually a non-profit organization that gives much of its profit to charity. I doubt that Mr. Tiger Woods is one of those charities.

When you get the evidence of what Tiger is being paid by Rolex, please share that with us. Until then, take a hike.

[Stanley Thompson]

Only $59 Million eh?

He's almost in the poor house.

[DTF]

Geek, a few things for you to think about...

-- Fluff was fired for trading on Tiger's celebrity.

-- If there's one thing we know it's that Tiger DESPISES it when anyone else (teacher, caddie, etc...) enriches themselves based on their association with Tiger.

-- oh, another thing we know about Tiger is that he is cheap, and a lousy tipper, this is a fact.

I could go on...

However, knowing those 3 facts alone I would like for you to formulate a thesis whereby Tiger does ANYTHING for free.

Assuming there are 261 business days in a year, Tiger takes home $226,000 per day if that $59,000,000 number is accurate. If he only gave Rolex one (1) day for photo shoots and the like they'd have to give him 5 President's, a handful of Explorer's and GMT's, and throw in a couple Daytona's, just to compensate him for one day of his time.

Tiger could care less about what kind of watch he wears and having a dozen or more Rolex's thrown at him isn't going to get him to endorse the brand.

So, think what you like, but I know.

PS...Mark McCormack (you heard of him?) has a couple pretty good books that are still in print. You should read them, they are quite interesting and shed a lot of light on the industry of golf, player representation, and specifically there are discussions about Rolex and how they go about their business. In case you were unaware, McCormack secured a global marketing pact for IMG with Rolex that thrived for decades and decades. I knew him personally, he was a helluva guy.

Ok, your turn piker.