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TIGER WOODS - Greatest Shots (2005-2009) [Full HD] Tiger Woods Voicemail to Jamie Grubbs. Official World Golf Ranking. The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers (although there is no rule prohibiting women from being ranked). It was introduced in 1986 and is endorsed by the four major championships and six major professional tours, five of which are charter members of the International Federation of PGA Tours: Points are also awarded for high finishes on other tours: Web.com Tour, the official developmental tour for the PGA TourChallenge Tour, the official developmental tour for the European TourPGA Tour Canada, which became a full member of the Federation in 2009 under its former name of the Canadian Professional Golf TourOneAsia Tour, not a member of the Federation, but a joint venture between two charter members and two other tours that became full members in 2009Korean Tour, from 2011PGA Tour Latinoamérica, from 2012Asian Development Tour, the official developmental tour for the Asian Tour, from 2013[1]PGA Tour China, from 2014[2]

Tiger’s Return Expected To Make PGA Ratings Roar. When Tiger Woods tees off later today at the Accenture Match Play Championship, he won't be the only one relieved by his return to the links.

Tiger’s Return Expected To Make PGA Ratings Roar

In fact, PGA Tour officials and TV executives might have more of a reason to celebrate than Tiger himself. The Nielsen Company compared the network TV ratings for the 3rd and 4th rounds of golf tournaments played by Woods after the U.S. Open in 2007 with those same tournaments he missed in 2008 due to a season-ending knee injury. And the results are just what you might expect: Tiger's absence almost singlehandedly sliced tour ratings in half.

The average household rating/share for the 2007-08 tournaments played by Tiger was 3.3/8. For the record, Tiger won last year's Accenture Match Play Championship in front of an average 4.2 million TV viewers tuned to NBC. The "Tiger Effect" extends beyond TV ratings; it has an impact on web traffic, as well. Nike’s Loyalty to Tiger Woods Pays Off. Ad Age posted an article recently about Tiger Woods and his effect on Nike. Everyone knows the story of his scandal, so no need to go into that, but they decided to take another approach. Some of his top sponsorship deals for companies, Gatorade, AT&T, and Accenture felt his scandal would be disastrous for their image. They decided to cut bait and drop Tiger from as a sponsor. Others such as Nike, EA Sports, NetJets, and TLC Laser Eye Centers have decided to keep him on board but limiting his role for the time being.

Some questioned whether keeping him on board as a sponsor would hurt sales and the bottom line for their company. Young Americans seem content to be faces in crowd, rather than face of golf. Robert Beck/SI Bubba Watson, 32, has three career PGA Tour wins.

Young Americans seem content to be faces in crowd, rather than face of golf

I once thought the decline of American golf was just a rumor, a ghost story told at the Ryder Cup. You've heard the story, right? Tiger and Phil and the boys get creamed, the lords of Europe sing and dance, and the game of golf prepares for a new world order. Then we'd get to Augusta National and watch Tiger and Phil swap green jackets and everyone would pronounce the state of golf in the U.S. as strong as Manila hemp.

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Bubba Watson said he was not ready to be the face of American golf, despite his three PGA Tour wins, 32 years of age and oodles of game. It was an honest answer, but it spoke to a mindset that seems prevalent among young American golfers, an acceptance of "good" rather than a full out sprint toward "exceptional. " Tiger Woods Car Crash Bad Publicity for Rich Isleworth. The celebrities and the superrich who live in Isleworth, including Tiger Woods, would like to project a common touch.

Tiger Woods Car Crash Bad Publicity for Rich Isleworth

Every Halloween, residents of the gated golf community near Orlando, Fla., decorate their golf carts and drive trick-or-treaters door to door. They share lunches and dinners at the country club, play pickup basketball games and hold community events. "It's pretty normal," says Ravé Mehta, CEO of a software-development firm who lives just outside Isleworth's vine-covered walls but has many friends inside. Normal is a relative term. Houses inside Isleworth's 600 acres, 45 miles southwest of Orlando, Fla., cost between $2 million and $8 million. When you live inside that kind of cocoon of wealth and exclusivity, it's easy to believe that your privacy trumps everyone else's.

Technically, Woods isn't legally obligated to say anything more to the cops, who said over the weekend that alcohol was not involved in the accident. Sports Law Blog. Tiger Woods, Wife Elin Nordegren Woods: PRENUP Negotiations (PHOTOS) It did not take long after Tiger Woods issued a public apology for unspecified "transgressions" that rumors began to swirl about the financial negotiations between Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren Woods. First, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Woods was paying his wife "a hefty seven-figure amount" to stay with him. The article also said that a new prenuptial agreement is in the works. Today, Gerald Posner of the Daily Beast writes that Woods will likely soon pay his wife $5 million and that the prenup could ultimately fetch her $55 million after two years. Other financial dealings have been rumored as well.

One of Woods' alleged mistresses, Rachel Uchitel (PHOTOS), was reportedly scheduled to admit to having an affair with Woods today but it was canceled at the last moment, which coincided with a RadarOnline.com report that Woods' representatives offered Uchitel $1 million to remain silent. Tiger Woods, car crash. Financial impact for golf felt all around with Tiger Woods gone. By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY Tiger Woods' self-imposed exile could cost him millions in endorsement dollars and winnings.

Financial impact for golf felt all around with Tiger Woods gone

But the loss of golf's biggest cash cow also could deliver a financial whammy to the PGA Tour, TV networks, corporate sponsors and other entities that rely on the world's No. 1 player to drive their business. Gatorade Drops Tiger Woods Drink. Tiger Woods' auto accident at his Florida mansion in the wee hours of the morning after Thanksgiving touched off touched off a media frenzy around the superstar golfer's carefully guarded private life, with numerous women coming forward claiming to have had a sexual relationship with him.