Woods perhaps the wealthiest athlete in history. While many have criticized the amount of publicity his private life has garnered in the past month, there are some indications the affair has had a serious financial impact - not only for the golfer, but for the firms with which he is affiliated. The researchers looked at stock-market returns for several of his corporate sponsors in the 13 trading days between Mr. Woods's car crash and his announcement that he was leaving golf indefinitely, comparing them with other companies in the same industries.
They say the scandal reduced shareholder value in those companies by 2. Woods's diminished earning prospects, our estimates suggest that the losses incurred by sponsors' shareholders are at least as great as those sustained by Mr.
Woods, and may be much greater," the researchers wrote. Woods could expect if one projects his endorsement income over the next few decades. Two weeks after his infidelity became public news, Mr. Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. She thought there was another woman, maybe two. Nordegren — along with the rest of the world — had no idea.
In the years since, details have trickled out about what really happened that night. Less than two weeks prior, Woods had won his first event in Australia, the Masters, by two strokes. Since , not a year had gone by without him winning at least one golf major championship, and he won 14 majors from to On Oct. Woods was considered the greatest golfer of all time and a uniquely American success story, a multi-ethnic superstar dominating a historically white sport.
He had a beautiful wife, a former model in Sweden who had been working as nanny to golf star Jesper Parnevik when she met Woods at the British Open. He was 33 years old. On Nov. The day before, at the Albertsons supermarket around the corner, the new edition of the National Enquirer was freshly slotted in the checkout racks. Nordegren and Uchitel spoke for 30 minutes.
Woods was satisfied; Nordegren was not. That afternoon, Woods left his cellphone unattended, and Nordegren scrolled through his call history. She found another name, Jaimee Grubbs, and called her. Nordegren got voice mail. He told her the tabloid story was a lie, that there was no affair between him and Uchitel.
It was the week of thanksgiving, and little Charlie had just learned to walk and was starting to say his first words. For Elin, these were monumental milestones of joy. But the suspicions in her mind were making it impossible to focus on anything else. In need of someone to confide in, she called the one person she trusted above all — her identical twin, Josefin. They had been best friends since childhood. Elin knew Josefin would know what to do.
Afraid that she would find out about the other women in his life, Tiger frantically tried to cover his tracks. My wife went through my phone and may be calling you. So if you can, please take your name off The following day, the Enquirer landed on supermarket racks in the Orlando area. Nothing triggered anxiety in Woods like the fear of disappointing his mother, and nothing had ever disappointed Kultida more than family betrayal — first when her parents abandoned her, and then when her husband was repeatedly unfaithful.
It was overwhelming to contemplate how she would react to the realisation that her son had far eclipsed his father in the infidelity department. The holiday provided a false appearance of reprieve. The Enquirer story got very little play elsewhere.
His device had also become another addiction. Tiger Woods is one of the best golf players in history, but his career took a hit after he was exposed as a serial cheater. Tiger Woods launched his golf career and became one of the most known athletes of the sport. However, while at his peak, Woods became infamous for something else -- cheating.
Let us revisit what happened over a decade ago. Two weeks before he was chased out of his marriage, Woods won his first Australian event, following years of consecutive golf major championship wins. From to , he won 14 majors. Woods was undoubtedly the greatest golfer of his time, if not of all time. He was also married to a former model, Nordegren, with two children. She scratched him and reached for a golf club -- the rest hit the front pages of papers. When medical help came for Woods, Nordegren claimed his car crashed, which officers initially did not believe.
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