11 Richest Golfers in the World

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1. Tiger Woods – $86 million

Tiger Woods is an American golfer who is primarily active in PGA and European Tours. He won many prizes throughout his professional career such as a total of 40 European titles and 79 PGA Tour titles. Tiger also won Masters Tournament titles in 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005, became the U.S champion in 2000, 2002, and 2008, and won three Open Championship titles in 2000, 2005, and 2006. Winning brought Tiger an enormous fortune, and tournaments are his primary source of income. But like any other modern athlete, Tiger is marked by the richest companies to endorse them. Nike, Rolex and EA Sport pay all lot of money to have him in their commercials.

In the last year, Tiger has earned a head spinning sum of $86 million from trophies and sponsorship contracts. With a total of $700 million in net worth, Tiger is No. 1 on our list of the 11 richest golfers in the world.

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