Fifty percent of respondents said they had a favorable opinion of Woods and 24 percent did not, according to the April 19-21 survey of 2,200 U.S. adults. It’s a 38-point jump in net favorability -- the share of adults who view him favorably minus those who don’t -- compared with a survey taken April 2-4, 2018, when 47 percent had an unfavorable view and 35 percent viewed him favorably.
The 2019 survey has a margin of error of 2 percentage points, and the 2018 survey, conducted among 400 U.S. adults, has a 5-point margin of error.
Despite the improvement, Woods -- who has an estimated net worth of $800 million according to Forbes -- still ranked fourth out of 15 in net favorability in the recent Morning Consult survey. Arnold Palmer, who died in September 2016 at age 87, led the field with a 50-point net favorability. He was followed by 79-year-old Jack Nicklaus, the PGA Tour’s all-time leader in major wins (18) and Phil Mickelson, who in late November won $9 million when he defeated Woods in the first-ever pay-per-view golf contest.
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