Tiger set to cash-in again

TIGER WOODS may have lost up to €26million in sponsorship deals after his extra-marital affairs came to light but any financial pain may be short lived as the world number one returns to prominence on the golf course.

Woods’s return for the US Masters offers him a chance to begin rewriting a story dominated over the past several months by revelations about his private life and subsequent apologies to his wife and fans.

Since a late November car accident exposed his personal life, Accenture, AT&T and PepsiCo’s Gatorade brand have dumped Woods as a spokesman, costing the golfer an estimated €18.6m to €26m in annual compensation according to sponsorship research firm Navigate.