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Tiger Woods vs. Lewis Hamilton: first sportsperson to earn a billion dollars

By: Peter Chubb | October 1, 2007 | 3 Comments

Tiger Woods vs. Lewis Hamilton: first sportsperson to earn a billion dollars

We all know how much the golf legend Tiger Woods earns, most of his money is earned by endorsements most of the reason that he earns so much is because of how good he is at his game. Another factor why Woods earns so much is because he is the first black golf player to ever be any good.

This is also the fact with British wonder kid Lewis Hamilton, who is the first black Formula 1 driver to ever be any good. In just his rookie year he leads the drivers’ championship by 12 points, and if he does go on to win the title this year the sponsorship gates will open.

At the moment we know that Tiger Woods earns far much more money that Lewis can dream off, but what you have to think about is Formula One is the world’s richest sport so you know that the sponsorship deals will come in from all angles for the young McLaren driver.

The question is who will make it to a billion dollars first? We know that Tiger has a very good head start but Lewis could catch up very quickly just like he does on the track.

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  • John Hikney

    Is this post a joke? Tiger is already worth $630million and he made $121million this year. You say F1 is the richest sport? Wrong Golf is the Richest sport. You serioulsy dont want to add up the amount of money generated in golf worldwide. In 2011 Tiger would surpass the billion mark. Unless of course Lewis earns $300million a year in the next 4 years you question is mute.

  • Wickman

    The biggest loser of 2007…This guy is a joke..bad driver..
    Go KIMI FORZA FERRARI true winners!!!

  • wickman_is_gay

    Your an idiot, the fact that they're black has nothing to do with antying. Tiger completely dominated the sport of golf which is why he makes so much money and Lewis hamilton recently recieved his 130 million dollar deal because he's a good driver. I'm not sure what it is with white people and their ridiculous obession about race, you people think it influences evertything.

    Wickman, your one of those fuck heads that just hate on people for no reason. Bad drivers don't get 130 million dollar endorsements you retard. How many endorsements do you have?