The Loop

Tiger Woods denies being a billionaire, still eligible for discount at Applebee's

October 06, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO -- So maybe he's not exactly clipping coupons out of the Sunday paper, but Tiger Woods disputed a report that said he [was the first athlete to become a billionaire.

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"One, I haven't, so I don't know where that came from," he said.

--* Sam Weinman*