TAG Heuer Watch Helps Tiger Woods Reach $1 Billion Mark and Chooses Lucky Winner

September 30, 2009 was no normal day. It was the day that 34-year-old Tiger Woods became the first billionaire athlete.

This is the second "first" for the darling of golf, which in 2002 became the highest paid sportsman in the world when he won more than Michael Schumacher, the darling of Formula 1.

Thanks to sponsorship deals, sponsorship and its success in golf, a young Tiger Woods reached the milestone of $ 1 billion.

As reported by Forbes magazine, the bonus of $ 10 million dollar received from Tiger to win the recent FedEx Cup is what catapulted this level.

The money earned another project that put the Tigers in this area is to lend its name and design golf courses. He now has three courses in development and, second winning $ 10 million for each.

Nike is the biggest money-wage tiger. Nike sells products branded with the name of golfer Tiger sales to go out to more than $ 800 million per year.

Even with the recent knee injury and surgery Tiger has been able to keep your winnings and claims that it is "greed for money, but desire of glory" that takes you on.

How is it paid

In approving the following brands, Tiger wins nearly $ 100 million per year:

Nike: 30 million U.S. dollars

Accenture Management Consultants: $ 20 million

Gillette: 15 million U.S. dollars

Gatorade: $ 1 million

Electronic Arts (games): 8 million U.S. dollars

TAG Heuer: U.S. $ 5 million

TAG has a special watch that is the Professional Golf Watch that Tiger wears. The description of this clock as found in the TAG Web site says its "first watch for golf professionals, developed and used by Tiger Woods. It was designed specifically to meet the requirements golfers' special. His high-tech materials and carefully studied ergonomic design means that the Tag Heuer professional golf will never bother a golfer during the swing. "

Part of the terms of the agreement it has with Tiger TAG Heuer is also making personal appearances on behalf of the brand of watches, and clocks using TAG.

The lucky winner of a recent contest sponsored by TAG Heuer, will start to play golf with Tiger Woods. "I was just thrilled to discover that I had won. It's one of those once in a lifetime things," said Adam LeBoeuf, a jewelry retailer in Barrie, Canada. He is one of four people who will start playing with Woods.

Although it has not been formally advised where and when it will hit and Woods gold course, he hopes Woods will wait until the end of the season on the PGA Woods, who lives in Orlando, FL, LeBoeuf may be directed to the south soon.

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