Golf: Woods surpasses $125m in tournament earnings
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Tiger Woods reacts after finishing the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston on Sept 3, 2012 in Norton, Massachusetts.Woods made golf history, finishing third in the Deutsche Bank Championship Monday to become the first golfer to make more than US$100 million (S$125 million) in earnings on the PGA Tour. -- PHOTO: AFP
NORTON, Massachusetts (AFP) - Tiger Woods made golf history, finishing third in the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday to become the first golfer to make more than US$100 million (S$125 million) in earnings on the PGA Tour.
Woods made US$544,000 after four rounds around the TPC Boston, pushing his career total to US$100.35 million. Phil Mickelson is one spot back of Woods at US$66.8 million. Mickelson placed fourth at the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Woods has 74 wins, second all-time to Sam Snead, who collected US$620,126 in a career that began in 1937.
Prize money shot up on the PGA Tour after Woods turned pro - a period also marked by a huge increase in television revenues.
