Tiger Woods' Net Worth (Updated 2024)

What is Tiger Woods’ net worth?

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Introduction 

As of January 2024, Tiger Woods’ net worth is estimated to be roughly $800 Million, and he is, of course, the richest golfer in the world.

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer from Cypress.

He ranks second in both major championships and PGA Tour wins and also holds numerous records in golf. Woods is widely regarded as being one of the greatest golfers in the history of the sport.

Tiger Woods – Key Facts

• Tiger Woods is one of the most famous players in golf history.
• He started his career at a very young age, taking inspiration and guidance from his father, Earl.
• He studied at Stanford University, where he received a golf scholarship.
• Woods is the only person who is the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship three-time winner.
• He set the record in the Official World Golf Rankings for the fastest ascent to No. 1.
• He has 82 PGA Tour wins.
• He has 41 European Tour wins.
• Woods has won 14 professional major golf championships.
• He’s one of the highest-paid professional golfers in history.

Early Life 

Eldrick Tont Woods was born on the 30th of December, 1975, in Cypress, California. He was nicknamed Tiger in honor of his father’s friend, South Vietnamese Colonel Vuong Dang Phong, who was called that.

His parents were Earl and Kultida “Tida” Woods. Tiger Woods was his parents’ only child, but he has three half-siblings through his father’s previous marriage.

Woods is of mixed ancestry. His father was a Vietnam War Veteran. Earl was born to African American parents but additionally had European, Native American, and possibly Chinese ancestry.

His mother, Kultida, came from Thailand, and in her genealogical tree, there were ancestors from China, Germany, and Thailand. Tiger Woods himself described his ethnicity as “Cablinasian” – the mix of Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and Asian.

He got his name, Eldrick, from his mother, as a way to honor both of his parents – the name starts with E, the first letter of his father’s name, and ends with K, the first letter of his mother’s.

He was introduced to golf when he was just two by his father, who had himself been an amateur golfer. Earl had previous experiences with semi-professional sports, as he was one of the earliest African-American college baseball players at Kansas State University. Thanks to Earl’s playing privileges at the Navy golf course located in Los Alamitos, young Woods was able to train there.

From the very beginning, Tiger showed a lot of potential and talent. In his early life, he appeared on The Mike Douglas Show, and at the age of five, he was featured in “Golf Digest”, and on ABC’s That’s Incredible!

Before turning seven, he was the champion of the Under Age 10 section of the Drive, Pitch, and Putt competition. He also had some successes at the Junior World Golf Championships, where he won the 9–10 boys’ event (the youngest age group available) at the age of eight.

That wasn’t his last word at the contest, as he won Junior World Golf Championships six times in his life, and four of these victories were consecutive (1988 to 1991.)

His first big national junior tournament was Big I, which Woods played in 1989. He was fifteen years old when he became the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur champion – the record he held until 2010 when it was broken by Jim Liu.

Tiger competed in his first PGA championship in 1992. During this time, he was named Golf Digest Amateur Player of the Year, Golf World Player of the Year, and Golfweek National Amateur of the Year.

Amongst his many achievements from his early career, there are some impressive records, like being the only person who is a U.S. Junior Amateur Championship three-time winner, as well as being the youngest winner of the U.S. Amateur, which was the record he held until 2008 when Danny Lee broke it.

Apart from his solo performances, he also played in teams. He was a part of the American team at the 1994 Eisenhower Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships, as well as the 1995 Walker Cup.

Tiger Woods graduated from Western High School in 1994 and continued his education and golf career at Stanford University. He majored in economics, with his main focus remaining on sports (he had a golf scholarship.)

He enjoyed some popularity among his peers, getting nicknames like “Urkel” and winning Stanford’s Male Freshman of the Year award. When it comes to his career achievements, in 1995, Tiger managed to defend his U.S. Amateur title at the championships held at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island.

The same year he entered his first PGA Tour major championships – the 1995 Masters. He tied for 41st, but he was the only one of the amateurs even to make the cut.

At the age of 20, he officially became the first golfer to win three consecutive U.S. Amateur titles, winning NCAA individual golf championship in the same year (1996) as well.

In 1996 he left Stanford in order to pursue a professional career.

Career

After becoming a professional golfer in 1996, he was immediately offered deals with Nike, Inc., and Titleist, as he had become quite famous because of his collegiate career. These were some of the most lucrative deals in the history of golf.

He won the Masters, his first major tournament, in 1997. He also set the record in the Official World Golf Ranking for the fastest ascent to No. 1.

He had a great start to the new millennium with six consecutive wins in 2000. One of his victories for the year was the U.S. Open, where he broke or equaled nine records, including becoming the youngest golfer to achieve the Career Grand Slam.

The next two seasons were not that great for him. However, his form returned in 2005, and he won six official PGA Tour money events. He closed the 2006 season with 54 wins. 

In 2007, his issues with vision became noticeable again (the first laser eye surgery he had was in 1999). In order to fix the problem, Woods decided to undergo another operation – once more with much success.

Around the same time, Tiger started to experience some major problems with his knee. This caused him to undergo knee surgery in April of 2008. He was forced to take a break from the 2008 U.S. Open, but he returned to the competition just two months later.

Despite some difficulties, he managed to win over Rocco Mediate, only to announce two days later that he had to pull out from the rest of the season to continue his treatment, as his knee injury was more serious than previously thought.

Woods himself called this his “greatest ever championship.” Such sentiment was reflected in the viewership of the rest of the season, which dropped significantly after Woods’ departure.

Woods was enthusiastically welcomed back to golf in 2009. He did not disappoint his fans and performed well, winning the 2009 Presidents Cup with an amazing performance. This didn’t go in hand with his private life, though, as near the end of this year, it was revealed that Woods was involved in a cheating scandal.

His sponsors canceled their contracts, and his rankings also fell. For the first time in his career, he could not win a single event. In December of the same year, after receiving a significant backlash, Tiger announced he was taking a break from golf.

In 2011 his dismal performances continued. Woods tied for fourth place at the 2011 Masters but had to miss some stops at that year’s PGA Tour due to his contusion. The turbulences also occurred in Woods’ close team, as around this time, Tiger fired his longtime caddie, Steve Williams. Eventually, he was replaced with Joe LaCava.

In 2012 he did not manage to have significant victories in his competitions – the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, but he tied for second at The Honda Classic. Still, this turned out to be the lowest final-round score for Woods in his entire PGA Tour career.

By 2013 he was back to his original form. He won the Farmers Insurance Open in January and the WGC-Cadillac Championship in March. A win in the Arnold Palmer Invitational re-established his position as the World No.1.

Still, due to the elbow injury, he didn’t have much luck at the 2013 U.S. Open Championship, finishing 12 strokes behind the competition’s winner, Justin Rose.

The following years in his career were filled with grand comebacks and falling out of form caused by back and knee injuries. His biggest wins in recent years were second place in the 2018 PGA Championship, winning the 2019 Masters, and victory at the 2020 PGA Tour.

In 2021 he had a car accident, but he was able to return to sport at the 2022 Masters Tournament, where he finished in 47th place.

In 2021 Woods was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

As of January 2024, Tiger Woods’ net worth is $800 Million.

Private Life

Tiger Woods is the only child from his parents’ marriage, but he has a half-sister and two half-brothers. He married Elin Nordegren, a Swedish model and the daughter of the journalist Thomas Nordegren and former minister of migration Barbro Holmberg in 2004 at the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados.

The couple bought a $39-million estate in Jupiter Island, Florida. Their first child, Sam Alexis Woods, was born in 2007, and two years later, the couple welcomed their second child, Charlie Axel Woods.

After the infidelity scandal, Tiger and Elin got divorced in 2010.

Tiger Woods Net Worth – How Does He Spend His Money?

The highly acclaimed golf player has much to show for his career and earnings. His time on the golf course resulted in $118 million in earnings.

It’s roughly about 7.6% of his total career earnings, though, as most of the money Woods make comes from the enormous endorsement deals that he had and has with Nike, Gatorade, Golf Digest, American Express, Rolex, Monster Energy, AT&T, and NetJets, amongst others.

Tiger’s career earnings in this department reach $1.6 billion and sum up to more than 92% of his total earnings.

Woods joins Michael Jordan and LeBron James as one of the highest-paid players up to date, entering the billionaires club thanks to his endorsement deals.

How does he spend his golf winnings? Woods owns real estate and other assets. The most significant would be:

• the 12-acre ocean-front estate in Jupiter, Florida, worth $75 million,
• $25 million yacht “Privacy,”
• $54 million Gulfstream G550 private jet,
• his golf design business, Tiger Woods Design, focused on designing golf courses around the world.

Highlights 

Here are some of the best highlights of Tiger Woods’ career:

• Most consecutive US Amateur golf titles
• Longest drive in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
• Youngest winner of the golf US Masters

Favorite Quotes from Tiger Woods

“People don’t understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented, I was never the biggest, I was never the fastest, I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that’s been what has gotten me this far.” – Tiger Woods

“The only thing you can do is take a learning experience from it, positives and negatives, and apply them to the future. What did you do right, what did you do wrong, and I did a lot of things right this week.” – Tiger Woods

“I thoroughly enjoy getting away from the game and going out fishing because it’s so relaxing, so quiet and peaceful. I mean, there’s no noise other than nature – and it’s so different from what I do in a tournament situation that it just eases my mind.” – Tiger Woods 

“Well, you know, a lot of people look at the negative things, the things that they did wrong and – which I do. But I like to stress on the things I did right because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that is just positive reinforcement.” – Tiger Woods 

“Everyone knows what the Masters is, even if you’re a non-golfer. People know what Wimbledon is. They know what the Super Bowl is. There are certain events that people just know about.” – Tiger Woods

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3 Hugely Inspiring Lessons from Tiger Woods  

Now that you know all about Tiger Woods’ net worth, and how he achieved success; let’s take a look at some of the lessons we can learn from him: 

1. Never Give Up

If you’re down and out you can’t give up. You can’t give in. You have to dig down deep and gut it out to find the drive to succeed. Find strong reasons why you must succeed and to commit to not giving up until you succeed.

2. Let Doubt Fuel Your Mission 

Don’t let people who have given up on their dreams make you give up on yours. Stay strong and let hate fuel your fire to succeed.

3. Always Find Joy in Your Life

Spend time with friends, family, and the people who truly care about you. It’s okay to disconnect some days and recharge to have the energy to make your own comeback.

Tiger Woods – Net Worth Over the Years

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is Tiger Woods worth?

Tiger Woods’ net worth is estimated to be $800 Million.
 

How old is Tiger Woods?

Tiger Woods was born on December 30, 1975, and is currently 48 years old.
 

How tall is Tiger Woods?

Tiger Woods’ height is 1.85 m, which is equal to 6 ft 1 in.
 

Summary

Tiger Woods is, after all, the current No.1 golfer in the whole world and one of the most successful golfers of all time. He also has the distinction of having earned the most in PGA Tour history. Over his career, he has broken several golf records and has won 14 professional major golf championships. 

As of January 2024, Tiger Woods’ net worth is estimated to be roughly $800 Million. 

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