In a shocking turn of events, Tiger Woods is in the news. First off, his tournament, the AT & T National, begins Thursday at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. This tournament greatly benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation and honors the military over the 4th of July weekend.
This week, Tiger addressed criticism from former NFL great Jim Brown, who said “You know what's so interesting about Tiger to me? He is a killer, he will run over you, he will kick your ass. But as an individual for social change? Terrible. Terrible. Because he can get away with teaching kids to play golf, and that's his contribution. In the real world, I can't teach kids to play golf and that's my contribution, if I've got that kind of power.”
Tiger responded, “I want to do it right and not just do it, but do it right. And that takes time, and you have to understand, you just don't jump into something. What we've done so far has been very good, very efficient and it's helped a lot of kids, and taught a lot of kids how to get back and learn, learn how to lead, learn how to give back.”
From what I've heard and read recently, the Tiger Woods foundation has helped over 10 million kids, and Tiger seems to have a hugely positive effect on the world, especially with kids. If someone can explain Jim Brown's problem, please let me know.
In lighter news, Tiger will be playing his Wednesday pro am with Tony Romo, the QB of the Dallas Cowboys, and a player not welcome in the DC area. I'm guessing Romo will be receiving a lot of well deserved comments from Redskin fans.
I guess the economy really had an effect on Tiger in 2008 as well. Because he sat out most of 2008 with a knee injury and lost a few key endorsements, his income for 2008 topped out at a measly $99, 737, 626. 00. To view the list of the 50 top earning American athletes, click here.
