I want my son, if I ever have one, to be like Tiger

I know most people want to be like Mike (Jordan) and I know most people who visit Subway Chatter don’t give a rats’ ass about golf, but Tiger Woods is destined to be the first billion dollar professional athlete. Last year alone, Tiger made 128 million dollars. Of the 128 million, 100 came from endorsements. This was enough to make him number one on Fortune’s highest paid athletes list for 2007. Just to show how lucrative golf can be, Phil Mickelson was number 2 on the list, earning a cool $62 million in 2007. To put this in perspective for you, Phil played like golf’s version of Kei Igawa for most of the year and still made more money than A-Rod! Heck, a sport (if we can really call golf a sport) where John Daly can destroy his liver all night and then tee off the next morning is the kind of sport that us “average” people can relate too. I mean I can’t learn how to do a slam dunk — even if I use Spud Webb’s sneakers — but anyone can hit a golf ball, regardless of whether or not they’re toting a 20-something handicap. So when my son comes out of the womb, the first thing waiting for him will be a golf club and my billion dollar dream.