Australian billionaire: Stay away, Tiger Woods

Australian billionaire and Palmer Coolum Resort golf resort owner Clive Palmer, says the following about the former number one golfer in the world:

"Tiger Woods isn't the No 1 golfer in the world any more. We don't want to look backwards, we want to look forwards. So why would you get Tiger Woods here? I would prefer to have Peter Senior than Tiger Woods. I am sure Peter Senior could beat Tiger Woods on a good day. I am sure he could. Tiger Woods has improved a lot but he's an emotional wreck and he's not a good example for kids, anyway."

Allen Stanford: The Other Ponzi Schemer

Yes, the other Ponzi scammer, Allen Stanford (see: The $8-billion Caribbean confidence game of Allen Stanford), is back in the news because now the authorities are going after others associated with the former Texas billionaire and former sponsor of the PGA Tour.


We here at Think Billion$ smell the irony of Allen "Stanford" in a different direction.


Here we have scammer Allen Stanford, who claims lineage to the Stanford family of Stanford University; who was a former sponsor of the PGA Tour which produced former billionaire Tiger Woods, a former Stanford golfer (but, not a graduate of Stanford University); who scammed Elin Nordegren who now has a new boyfriend.


This makes us think back to some of the lessons from The Lion King (1994):

Zazu: What's going on?
Mufasa: A pouncing lesson.
Zazu: Oh, very good. Pouncing. *Pouncing*? Oh, no, Sire, you can't be serious...
[Mufasa signs for "turn around"]
Zazu: This is so humiliating.

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Tiger Woods, Billionaire

According to CNBC’s Darren Rovell, today’s $10 million purse for winning the Fed Ex Cup has brought Tiger Woods closer to crossing over the billion dollar threshold for career earnings. He’s still a ways off from the $6 billion that ESPN Magazine once predicted he’d net for his career, but still, not a bad haul, all things considered.


SBNation article