DAVIE, Calif., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of California, Davis say golfer Tiger Woods' marital infidelity scandal cost sponsor company shareholders as much as $12 billion.
UC Davis economics professors Victor Stango and Christopher Knittel said their study into the impact of the scandal on Woods' sponsorship efforts with various companies found revelations of the professional golfer's infidelity had major financial fallout, the Sacramento Bee said Monday.