--- title: Tiger Woods' Earnings Were Down 50% Even Before His DUI Arrest description: Tiger Woods once earned $100 million per year, and had a net worth over $1 billion. But a DUI charge puts his Nike endorsement deal at risk. authors: - name: Rob Wile url: https://money.com/author/rob-wile/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 191 covers: - Lifestyle - Business - Career Advice - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/rjwile former_staff: true published: '2017-05-30T15:04:51.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T05:57:38.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - dui - golf - prescription medications - Scandal - Sports - Sports - Tiger Woods word_count: 368 canonical: https://money.com/tiger-woods-dui-endorsements-net-worth/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![170530-tiger-woods-arrest-featured](https://img.money.com/2017/05/170530-tiger-woods-arrest-featured.jpg) Tiger Woods was [arrested in South Florida](http://www.wptv.com/news/region-n-palm-beach-county/jupiter/golfer-tiger-woods-arrested-on-dui-charges-in-jupiter?utm_content=buffer73c71&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer) over the holiday weekend on DUI charges. The golf star said in a statement that his condition was the result of a bad reaction to medication, not alcohol, but the incident could have serious repercussions for Woods—and his earning power. Woods has not won a major golf championship since 2008 — the year before the world learned he had been [cheating on his wife](http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1966486,00.html) — and has not had a tour win since 2013. As a result, his annual earnings have suffered. Woods once [had an estimated net worth of over $1 billion](https://www.forbes.com/2009/09/29/tiger-woods-billion-business-sports-tiger.html), and earned more than $100 million annually according to Forbes. He is now making less than half that per year. ![](https://img.money.com/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-30-at-8-26-10-am.png) Still, [Forbes ranked](https://www.forbes.com/pictures/57582318a7ea43396db27b7d/12-tiger-woods/#54a0a33152ba) Woods the 12th-highest paid athlete of 2016. He earned more than $45 million based on endorsement deals alone last year. That includes the $20 million he would have earned based on [the estimated $100 million deal](http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100563&page=1) he [signed with Nike in 2013](http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/9485529/tiger-woods-signs-new-endorsement-contract-nike-agent-confirms). Woods also has sponsorship agreements with Rolex, TaylorMade clubs, and Upper Deck sports cards, among others. Today he has an overall estimated [net worth of $740 million](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2016/12/23/tiger-woods-net-worth-740-million-in-2016/#474f46051227) according to Forbes. ![170530-tiger-woods-arrest](https://img.money.com/2017/05/170530-tiger-woods-arrest.jpg) *A police booking photo of Woods after his arrest on suspicion of DUI.* The DUI charge represents the first time Woods has ever been arrested. Nike stuck by Woods despite his infidelities, even as his sponsorship deals with brands like [Gillette, AT&T, and Gatorade evaporated](http://fortune.com/2014/09/20/ray-rice-adrian-peterson-tiger-woods-athletes-dropped-endorsements/). But [at least one outlet](https://www.thestreet.com/story/14153376/1/why-nike-should-finally-drive-away-from-tiger-woods-after-his-arrest-for-dui.html) says that it probably would be wise for Nike to drop its star golfing client in light of Woods' DUI arrest. Earlier this year, [Nike wrote off its entire golf unit](http://www.golf.com/equipment/tiger-woods-upset-over-nikes-decision), which it had essentially built entirely on the back of Woods' performances. Nike has not yet commented on this weekend's incident. In 2009, [Nike chairman Phil Knight said](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-golf-woods-nike-idUSTRE5BD2PV20091214) that episodes like Woods' infidelity scandal are "part of the game" when signing high-profile celebrities to endorsement deals. "When his career is over, you'll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip, but the media is making a big deal out of it right now," Knight said. Even so, Woods' continued appearances on the list of the world's highest-paid individuals have probably never been more in danger. He is scheduled for an [arraignment hearing on July 5](https://www.si.com/golf/2017/05/30/tiger-woods-arrest-record). ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/tiger-woods-dui-endorsements-net-worth/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Sports", "item": "https://money.com/sports/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Tiger Woods' Earnings Were Down 50% Even Before His DUI Arrest" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/tiger-woods-dui-endorsements-net-worth/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/tiger-woods-dui-endorsements-net-worth/", "name": "Tiger Woods' Earnings Were Down 50% Even Before His DUI Arrest", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2017-05-30T15:04:51.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/tiger-woods-dui-endorsements-net-worth/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/tiger-woods-dui-endorsements-net-worth/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T05:57:38.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Tiger Woods' Earnings Were Down 50% Even Before His DUI Arrest", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2017/05/170530-tiger-woods-arrest-featured.jpg", "width": 3499, "height": 2459, "caption": "170530-tiger-woods-arrest-featured" }, { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-30-at-8-26-10-am.png", "width": 300, "height": 416 }, { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2017/05/170530-tiger-woods-arrest.jpg", "width": 800, "height": 697 } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rob Wile", "url": "https://money.com/author/rob-wile/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/rob-wile/#author", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/rjwile" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2017-05-30T15:04:51.000Z", "description": "Tiger Woods once earned $100 million per year, and had a net worth over $1 billion. 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