While the sport has existed for hundreds of years, prize money skyrocketed as Tiger increased the game's popularity. Woods also earns money through a golf-course design business. After his multiple extramarital affairs and day stay at an in-patient therapy program became public in , all of those companies but Nike eventually dropped him. Although Nike stopped producing golf equipment in , the company still provides apparel, gloves and shoes for Woods.
Getty Tiger Woods. The contract extension signed by Woods was agreed to during the final year of his previous deal. But Nike chose to stay with Woods and keep their contract. They also did the same when he was charged with driving under the influence after being found asleep behind the wheel of his car in This decision was even made in the midst of Woods attempting to return after multiple back surgeries and just one top finish from Other Sports. Home energy upgrades are now more important than ever.
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Tiger Woods not laughing at spoof. Woods, once a giant of both golf and sponsorships, has been losing in both those fields in recent years. But Nike, which has a history of remaining loyal to the athletes with its endorsement deals, stuck with Woods. Sunday the year old Woods overcame his many doubters by winning the Masters , his first major tournament win in 11 years. And within minutes Nike had an ad up on social media highlighting the win, and its "Just Do It" slogan.
It was seen by tens of millions of people. It then played a clip of a three-year old Woods saying "I'm going to beat Jack Nicklaus. The reference is to Nicklaus' record 18 majors, which once seemed well within Woods' grasp, but has appeared out of reach in recent years as back problems and poor performance left him on the fringes of the game. A sex scandal and a DUI arrest in helped drive many other sponsors away.
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