FLORIDA: American professional golfer, Tiger Woods, has announced to end his decades long partnership with the sportswear giant, Nike.
The 15-times major champion who has worn Nike apparel since first signing with the company made the announcement in a social media post on Monday.
Woods, 48, signed his first five-year, $40 million deal with Nike in 1996, and kept on renewing it in one of the most lucrative endorsement deals in sports history.
His last contract was a 10-year pact in 2013 worth a reported $200 million.
Woods, who returned back to the game in last November after a seven-month injury concluded his statement with “See you in LA!”.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) January 8, 2024
The statement suggested that he is planning on playing the February 15-18 Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club.
Woods in a post on X, formerly Twitter said over 27 years ago, he was fortunate to start a partnership with one of the most iconic brands in the world.
Nike in its own social media post, showed a picture of Woods flashing his trademark fist pump and final-round red top.
Nike said in a statement that throughout the course of our collaboration we have witnessed how Tiger not only redefined the sport of golf, but broke barriers for all of sport.
The company wished woods the best in the future.
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