# Did you get your money's worth Tiger? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 1, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189 "2010-07-01T13:59:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/21 "2010-07-01T18:44:12Z")
When they got married it became _their_ money because Tiger woods is an idiot who didn’t insist on a pre-nup. He had a shit-load of leverage when he got married and used none of it. Elin had a shit-load of leverage when she proceeded with divorce from him and is using all of it. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/22 "2010-07-01T18:49:10Z")
Chris Rock does an insightful bit about how the non-rich need prenups more than the rich. Tiger still likely has at least 3/4 of a billion dollars. I think he’ll be OK. Now, if a guy making 25 thousand a year loses half of that… That’s gonna hurt quite a bit more. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/23 "2010-07-01T19:04:34Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Or he could just be paying the money so he can move on and not have to drag it out. Yes, it is a buttload of money, but he has plenty left and he might actually think he deserves what he is getting. Yep. It could be that he is truly sorry, deeply regrets what he did, and realizes that he has really screwed up his life, ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/24 "2010-07-01T19:26:24Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > When they got married it became _their_ money because Tiger woods is an idiot who didn’t insist on a pre-nup. > > He had a shit-load of leverage when he got married and used none of it. > > Elin had a shit-load of leverage when she proceeded with divorce from him and is using all of it. He did have a pre-nup. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/25 "2010-07-01T19:43:14Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Now, if a guy making 25 thousand a year loses half of that… That’s gonna hurt quite a bit more. Difference of course is that your average $25,000/year guy is not going to be paying alimony. Child support, yes, but unless your family is the size of that Duggar family on “19 Kids and Counting” it probably won’t be as big of a percentage bite. If Tiger did have a pre-nup…who wrote that thing? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/26 "2010-07-01T20:06:06Z")
TMZ is reporting that he is not paying that much(and isn’t worth that much even). [Tiger Woods Divorce: Cheaper Than You Heard](http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/30/tiger-woods-elin-nordegren-divorce-property-settlement-millions-judge-final/) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/27 "2010-07-01T20:17:39Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Difference of course is that your average $25,000/year guy is not going to be paying alimony. Child support, yes, but unless your family is the size of that Duggar family on “19 Kids and Counting” it probably won’t be as big of a percentage bite. > > If Tiger did have a pre-nup…who wrote that thing? I am sure he had a pre-nup, and probably a good one. he is buying her silence, more than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/28 "2010-07-01T20:42:18Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > What are you talking about? What do you object to? That she’s in it for her kids. That might be a factor, but the idea that they would get nothing in his will, even if he remarried a dozen times is ridiculous. No, what others have said is most likely true: he is buying silence. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/29 "2010-07-01T21:03:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That she’s in it for her kids. That might be a factor, but the idea that they would get nothing in his will, even if he remarried a dozen times is ridiculous. No, what others have said is most likely true: he is buying silence. When you said no woman is worth it, I said he is not paying for a woman, but for the kids. He is paying for her co-operation and access to his kids. Maybe her silence is more important to him than the kids; I am just going on what I personally would value. Regarding whether she is in it for the kids – that wasn’t my point either. I have no idea of her motivations. But speaking pragmatically, it is her responsibility to negotiate the best deal for the kids. This is true regardless of whether she is a gold-digger or not. And there is no guarantee the kids will get some of Tiger’s will – consider Howard Marshall and Anna Nicole Smith. It is pretty clear that Tiger’s decision-making process leaves something to be desired. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/30 "2010-07-01T21:37:55Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > There is no woman in the multi-verse worth that kind of money. If he was stupid enough not to have an absolutely iron-clad, air-tight pre-nup that covered stuff like this, then he’s a fool that deserves to get shafted. Because nothing is more romantic than essentially stating “Yes, my true love, my half-soul, I will love you and cherish you forever. I will stay with you in sickness and in health, when the going gets tough and all that nonsense. Now, when I fuck some random skank behind your back, or you suck off the pool boy, here’s how it’s gonna be…sign there please.” ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/31 "2010-07-01T22:13:29Z")
As others have said, he had a pre-nup. He is choosing not to enforce it for whatever reason. I was wondering - would there be any practical differences if you were worth _only_ $750 million instead of $1.5 billion? I mean, maybe if you were interested in corporate takeovers or something, but certainly not in terms of living as lavish a lifestyle as you wished while investing it so as to ensure lifetime comfort for you and at least a couple of future generations. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/32 "2010-07-01T22:30:42Z")
**Dinsdale** has a very valid point. As much as many folks wish to believe otherwise, our cultural heroes are all too human. We find out that an elite athlete who was instrumental in a genuine increase in the interest in the PGA and became iconic for that sport, is fallible and has “feet of clay”. We should remember this and remind others, but somehow we don’t do so very often. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189/33 "2010-07-01T22:32:49Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Because nothing is more romantic than essentially stating “Yes, my true love, my half-soul, I will love you and cherish you forever. I will stay with you in sickness and in health, when the going gets tough and all that nonsense. Now, when I fuck some random skank behind your back, or you suck off the pool boy, here’s how it’s gonna be…sign there please.” Screw romance. If your net worth is, or has the realistic potential of being more than $100,000, getting married without a pre-nup is idiotic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-moneys-worth-tiger/545189.md?page=1)