Wed May 22 06:54:28 SAST 2013
Wed May 22 06:54:28 SAST 2013

Woods surpasses $100m in earnings on PGA Tour

Sep 4, 2012 | Sapa-AFP | 7 comments

Tiger Woods made golf history, finishing third in the Deutsche Bank Championship Monday to become the first golfer to make more than $100 million in earnings on the PGA Tour.

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Woods made $544,000 after four rounds around the TPC Boston, pushing his career total to $100.35 million. Phil Mickelson is one spot back of Woods at $66.8 million. Mickelson placed fourth at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Woods has 74 wins, second all-time to Sam Snead, who collected $620,126 in a career that began in 1937.

Prize money shot up on the PGA Tour after Woods turned pro -- a period also marked by a huge increase in television revenues.

"It was nice to have a nice start to my career, and I won some majors early," said Woods, who shot a closing 66 and finished two strokes behind winner Rory McIlroy. "I think we got some interest in the game of golf. A lot more youth, that's for sure."

McIlroy earned $1.4 million for his fifth career PGA Tour victory in a Monday finish at the TPC Boston.

Woods, who has a net worth of about $600 million, remains in contention for the $10 million FedEx Cup bonus for winning the PGA Tour playoffs.

Not included in Woods' career earnings is the millions he has received for endorsing retail products throughout his 16-year career.

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Sep 4, 2012

Zane10

The Legend... Enough said!!!!
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Sep 4, 2012

PHUMA_LANGA_SIKOTHE

There's a Tiger in the Woods, the Legend is back.
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Sep 4, 2012

NICEBOOBS

Die man is ryk
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Sep 4, 2012

Kabelo10

@NICEBOOBS
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Oh is that so, How much is that amount in our Rand?
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Sep 4, 2012

PHUMA_LANGA_SIKOTHE

....and big ups to our boy Oosthuizen who came 2nd with 1 stroke behind the winner McIlroy
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Sep 4, 2012

NICEBOOBS

Kabelo10
@NICEBOOBS
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Oh is that so, How much is that amount in our Rand?
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You sound jealous...pls don't be papa, o tla tshwana le ena one day
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Sep 4, 2012

Lehido

Scandalous or not, THIS MAN IS A LEGEND and his ex wife thought she had bankrupted him , but it didnt work biatch
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