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Golf Prick > Tennis Bum

Posted by srr50 on July 7th, 2009 under Uncategorized

While Roger Federer was winning a record 15th Grand Slam Tennis title at Wimbledon, Tiger Woods was winning his own golf tournament, the AT&T National. He was also getting slightly better TV ratings.

Woods continues to be a ratings goldmine for the PGA Tour. The 4.6 rating for Sunday’s final was 207% higher than last year’s final round when Tiger was out after knee surgery.

Federer’s five-set win over Andy Roddick pulled a 4.2 overnight rating, down slightly from last year’s Rafael Nadal-Federer Wimbledon final.

It marked the third PGA Tour victory of the year for Woods, who now has 68 overall in 245 starts on the tour, which translates into an amazing 27.75% winning percentage. Woods has now finished in the Top Ten in his last 18 starts in stroke play events. Phil Mickelson has 15 Top Ten finishes in his last 36 stroke play tournaments.

That duo once again is at the head of the Sports Illustrated’s Fortunate 50 list of the top-earning American athletes in salary, winnings, endorsements and appearance fees.


Tiger Woods earned over $99 million in 2008, while Phil Mickelson took home just under $53 million.

Woods didn’t crack the $100 million barrier for the first time in three years, but he hardly went home empty handed. His total of $99,700,00 was down since he spent the majority of last year off the course recovering from knee surgery, which not only denied him PGA winnings, but also millions in appearance fees at invitational tournaments.

The SI “Fortunate 50″ breaks down thusly: 22 NBA players, 14 Major League Baseball players, 9 NFL football players (Peyton Manning is the only football player to crack the Top Ten in earnings), three golfers and two NASCAR drivers.

Federer shows up at #9 on the SI International Athletes list with $29,562,000 in earnings last year.

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  1. HenryJames said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 9:46 am

    So I had brunch downtown on Sunday, and the Wimbledon final was playing on the tv at the bar. There were more than a handful of people watching it including two from my table.

    I’m not sure what that means exactly except that 2nd St is like fucking Dallas.

  2. Cash McMogulson said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 9:57 am

    2nd Street is the tits.

  3. HenryJames said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 9:59 am

    2nd Street is the fake tits.

  4. t1climb1 said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 10:58 am

    There’s no such thing HJ…there’s no such thing.

  5. ponderos said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 11:14 am

    I’m not sure what that means exactly except that 2nd St is like fucking Dallas.

    And on that we can agree.

    Been to the new Gingerman yet? They tried really hard, but I’m still pissed.

  6. HenryJames said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 11:27 am

    Not yet, but we walked past the old one on Sunday.

  7. Doperbo said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 11:30 am

    ‘including two from my table’

    homo.

  8. Doperbo said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 11:37 am

    BTW- Chris Applewhite and I are starting X-Treme Sports Coverage (AGGRESSIVE WINGSUIT SKATING AAAGHHHHH!!!!) to balance out the golf takes as soon as we get around to it.

  9. ponderos said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 11:50 am

    HJ. They did their best and it’s not bad, tried to recreate the patio as best as possible. Just seems a little more douchy now and doesn’t have the flava of the old place.

  10. BatesHorn said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 12:01 pm

    “Just seems a little more douchy now and doesn’t have the flava of the old place.”

    Doesn’t that describe approx. 75% of Austin these days?

  11. Parlin Hall said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    Roddick has earned our respect. He’s got 50% of Federer’s talent (if that), but managed to hang with the best player in the world for 77 games.

    Austin resident, too.

  12. bighornfan32 said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    “Roddick has earned our respect. He’s got 50% of Federer’s talent (if that), but managed to hang with the best player in the world for 77 games.

    Austin resident, too.”

    But his girlfriend is smoking and I hate him for it.

  13. The General said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    Roddick’s wife is hotter than Federer’s wife.

  14. BrickHorn said:

    July 7th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    Not yet, but we walked past the old one on Sunday.

    Fascinating stuff.

  15. RansomStoddard said:

    July 8th, 2009 at 3:51 am

    It must be the miserable dog days of the off-season if we’re talking about tennis, a sport that ceased to be relevant 20 years ago.

  16. Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic said:

    July 8th, 2009 at 5:07 am

    We agree with Mr. Stoddard and regret that he won’t be able to wait in the locker room while we shower.

  17. Vasherized said:

    July 8th, 2009 at 5:37 am

    It must be the miserable dog days of the off-season if we’re talking about tennis, a sport that ceased to be relevant 20 years ago.

    Just wait until our tour de france coverage kicks in. I drove to work today in yellow spandex biking shorts. The General has been known to drink a bottle of whisky, strip naked and hop on a unicycle. There really isn’t any sport we won’t get up for. And now that I know how much HenryJames hates golf, you can expect hole by hole coverage of the British Open. It’s that or some vietcong restaurant review in Hutto, take your pick.

  18. srr50 said:

    July 8th, 2009 at 6:11 am

  19. Golf Prick said:

    July 8th, 2009 at 8:31 am

    Unfortunately, the MJ memorial coverage probably outdrew golf and tennis combined.

  20. The General said:

    July 8th, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    False. I wear a unitard for the purpose of gratuitous uni-symmetry.

  21. Fight Friars Fight said:

    July 8th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    What the hell is Matt Nordgren doing in the Alps?

  22. . said:

    July 8th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    Way too many “inside jokes” on this blog.

  23. Captain Obvious said:

    July 8th, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    Making this blog different from any other blog on this site how?

  24. Texoz said:

    July 8th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    Someone’s having their period-

  25. Facebook User said:

    July 8th, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    Thanks, Friars. Few people know that Matt actually practiced in that helmet.

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