Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time.
Formerly the World #1, Tiger was the highest paid athlete in the world according to Forbes for several years. Woods turned professional in 1996, and by April 1997 he had already won his first major.
While other athletes need a sex scandal to catapult them 10-15 spots on this list, Tiger's scandal will be hard to topple. Those webpages from 2009 are still being searched as reference material on how to kill a marriage and golf career.