Tiger is the man...

Tiger Woods is the most marketable athlete for North American audiences and will be for the next five years, according to a poll released here Monday. Woods, who arrives at Augusta National Golf Club in two weeks shooting for his 13th major title and fifth Masters crown, was a runaway winner in a poll of 65 sport business and media executives revealed on the Sports Business Daily's web site. In ranking active athletes, 69.2 percent of replies named Woods the top man with 55 percent predicting he will continue to hold that role in 2012. Woods' friend and fellow US sport icon, basketball legend Michael Jordan, was named the top retired athlete marketing draw by 73.8 percent of responses. Second in the active sports poll is Peyton Manning, then Lebron James, Derek Jeter, Dwayne Wade, Dale Jr, Tom Brady, Shaq. Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova was ninth and the only woman on the list with hockey's Sidney Corsby, basketball's Kobe Bryant and gridiron hero Brett Favre sharing 10th. Following Jordan on the list of retired pitchman heroes were baseball's Cal Ripken Jnr, basketball's Charles Barkley, golfer Jack Nicklaus seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and boxing icon Muhammad Ali. If i only i could of been Tiger Woods. He is the king of sports marketing while playing a sport many people play to relax and drink beer. God bless you Tiger.