At only 3 days of age, Sam Alexis Woods has become the youngest athlete in any sport to land a long term sponsorship deal with any company before even picking up a club. Titleist was very excited to announce the deal, which is worth a record $500 million over 30 years. The deal will include bonus incentives if she does well on the golf course as a player, a lifetime supply of golf balls, clubs, and apparel, as well as a free ride to Stanford University.
"We're just ecstatic we were able to pound out this deal in such a short amount of time, but it was important to get her career underway. By the time she's 17, she should be able is easily beat an aging 34 year old Michelle Wie," said a Titleist spokesman. "Everybody was going after this young superstar so agressively, Nike, GM, and American Express, not to mention Callaway and Kempter. We just feel blessed to have gotten her. If you ask me, we got off cheap with only $500 million. But she really is the future. Look at her dad, what's his name. I mean, the guy is washed up. You see his last tourney? Got beat by a chainsmoker nicknamed 'the duck'. Stick a fork in the guy, he's done."
Proud parents Tiger and Elin were ecstatic, especially about the free education.
"To have a full ride scholarship to Stanford at 3 days old, that's impressive. It's eclipsed anything I've ever done. Guess old dad really is washed up," laughed Tiger. "No, but seriously, with the way education prices are rising, it's really a relief to know that her college education will be taken care of. You never know in this world, even with all my millions of dollars that should last 15 generations worth of Woods. Shoot, I may just retire and live off her now."
Nike, GM and American Express all plan to get in the mix, but each company has suggested it might be more prudent to wait until the young lady has matured a little before signing her to a long-term endorsement deal. She should have extensive contracts with all of them by the time she's 6 months of age. Nike plans to put her in sporty baby apparel, while GM plans to do safety ads showing how safe a GM is for a baby even without a car seat. American Express hasn't decided what their angle will be yet, but suggested it would be something about never being 'too young' to build your credit.
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