From: "Rich Gauszka" 

  The endorsements have been great for Tiger in 2006. I wouldn't shed a tear
for Phil Mickelson, Arnold Palmer, or Michelle Wie either

http://www.newsdaily.com/Sports/UPI-1-20070108-14393200-bc-glf-earnings.xml

 NEW YORK, Jan. 8 Tiger Woods pulled in nearly $99 million in 2006 on-course
and off-course earnings and tops the Golf Digest 50 top earners for the
fourth consecutive year.

Golf Digest said Woods made $11,941,827 on the golf course last year and
another $87 million in off-course endorsements. The magazine said Woods'
increased his total by about $12 million over 2005.

Golf Digest editors estimate Woods has earned $646,738,003 over 10 seasons
and say the 31-year-old will become the first billionaire in sports by the
end of 2010.

Phil Mickelson was second on the 2006 Golf Digest list with $4.2 million in
earnings on the course and about $40 million off the course. Golf legend
Arnold Palmer, with $27.5 million off the course and $42,850 on the course,
was third.
Michelle Wie was the highest earning woman, totaling $20.2 million --
$735,224 on the course -- for sixth place, Golf Digest said. Annika
Sorenstam, the No. 1 ranked woman in the world, was 13th with $2.3 million
won on the course and $10.8 million earned off it.

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
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>A piece on the radio this weekend came right out and said he's getting $10
>million salary and the $40 million balance each year is from  endorsements.
>Given the sponsorship status of Adidas (their jerseys,  their shoes, etc.),
>I'd imagine a good chunk of his $40 million annual  endorsements comes from
>them.
>
> I've heard that Tiger is in a similar position:  his tournament winnings
> get lost in the rounding!
>
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:31:59 -0500, Bill Lucy 
> wrote:
>
>> In article , 72322.1016
>> {at}compuserve.com says...
>>> The L.A. Daily News reported that the contract is for $250MM for the 5
>>> years, about $1MM per week.  The theory is that the Beckhams already act
>>> like Hollywood types, so this is supposed to make soccer fashionable.
>>> Also reported that some 1000 new season tickets have been sold as a
>>> result.  Then they interviewed residents of Carson (suburb where the
>>> stadium is located), who are mostly black and Filipino, quite a few of
>>> whom had never heard of him.
>>
>> After his ineffectiveness in World Cup, I'm surprised he's worth much of
>> anything.
>>
>> 
>

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