Fortune magazine's annual list of the highest paid athletes is out. It’s no surprise that Tiger Woods repeats as the top earner with $111, 941,827. According to the magazine, Woods racked up $11,941,827 in on-course winnings and received a cool $100 million in endorsement income. Phil Mickelson is number three on the Fortune list with $4,256,505 in winnings and $47 million in endorsements for a total of $51,256,505. Mickelson slipped from number two last year. Our favorite woman golfer, Michelle Wie, is the next highest rated golfer on the list with total income of $20,235,224. Wie, who has yet to win a tournament as a professional and is quickly becoming the Anna Kournikova of golf (but not as attractive as the tennis player) racked up $19.5 million in endorsements. Vijay Singh is on the list of world athletes, but would rank 39th on the list of U.S. athletes, earned $16,411,026 in winnings and endorsements.
Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Mike Souchak.
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- Mr. Fairway’s love affair with the game of golf began in junior high. He once made his living as a journalist covering high school sports, cops and robbers and politics. Today, Mr. Fairway is a public relations consultant and a widely-published freelance golf writer. His current USGA handicap index is 9.3 and he averages 50-plus rounds a year.