Tiger Woods to become the first billionaire athlete
Forbes Magazine reported that Tiger Woods is on pace to spend billions of dollars to win the race in 2010, becoming the first billionaire to accumulate his fortune to play.
Woods won $ 115 million in 2007 according to Forbes magazine, which produces an annual list of the richest people in the world.
At this rate, will top $ 1 billion in revenue by 2010. Woods is driven not only by his golf earnings, but also numerous approval refers to companies such as Nike, Buick, Gillette and Gatorade, among others.
Woods is expected to miss the rest of the golf season while he recovers from a knee surgery. The captured the 2008 U.S. Open in a playoff despite playing with a torn ligament in his left knee.
