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Woods establishes supremacy with fifth PGA tour Player of the Year
Thousand Oaks (USA), Dec 09: A wild season in golf came to a familiar conclusion when Tiger Woods was voted PGA tour Player of the Year for the fifth straight time, narrowly beating Vijay Singh.
Thousand Oaks (USA), Dec 09: A wild season in golf came to a familiar conclusion when Tiger Woods was voted PGA tour Player of the Year for the fifth straight time, narrowly
beating Vijay Singh.
Woods won five times, including two world golf championships, had the lowest scoring average and was second on the money list, despite playing only 18 times.
"There's a tremendous amount of satisfaction because it just shows that guys on the tour respect that I was consistent, that I've won numerous times," Woods said yesterday. "I think that's what the award reflects."
The PGA tour does not release vote totals. Ben Curtis was voted Rookie of the Year for winning the British Open in his first appearance at a major. Peter Jacobsen was voted comeback player of the year for winning the greater Hartford Open at age 49, his first tour victory in eight years.
Woods won for the sixth time in seven years; no one else has won Player of the Year more than twice since it was created in 1990.
Woods became the first player since Greg Norman in 1995 to win the award despite not winning a major.
He led the PGA tour in victories for the fifth straight year, and his 68.41 adjusted scoring average was the second-lowest in history behind his 68.13 mark in 2000. While Woods has said majors are the most important, more than that went into this vote.
"Number of wins and quality for the entire year," Woods said. "I had the second-lowest scoring average in tour history next to mine in 2000, so that shows I played at a consistent level for the entire year."
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Woods won five times, including two world golf championships, had the lowest scoring average and was second on the money list, despite playing only 18 times.
"There's a tremendous amount of satisfaction because it just shows that guys on the tour respect that I was consistent, that I've won numerous times," Woods said yesterday. "I think that's what the award reflects."
The PGA tour does not release vote totals. Ben Curtis was voted Rookie of the Year for winning the British Open in his first appearance at a major. Peter Jacobsen was voted comeback player of the year for winning the greater Hartford Open at age 49, his first tour victory in eight years.
Woods won for the sixth time in seven years; no one else has won Player of the Year more than twice since it was created in 1990.
Woods became the first player since Greg Norman in 1995 to win the award despite not winning a major.
He led the PGA tour in victories for the fifth straight year, and his 68.41 adjusted scoring average was the second-lowest in history behind his 68.13 mark in 2000. While Woods has said majors are the most important, more than that went into this vote.
"Number of wins and quality for the entire year," Woods said. "I had the second-lowest scoring average in tour history next to mine in 2000, so that shows I played at a consistent level for the entire year."
Bureau Report