Tiger Woods PGA Player Of The Year: Woods Receives Honor For 11th Time, Fourth In Five Years To Take Home Vardon Trophy Without Major Victory [VIDEO] : GOLF : Sports World News

After returning to No. 1 on the planet and on the again of his 5 large wins, Tiger Woods has once again been named PGA Participant of the Yr for the eleventh time in his profession.

Woods took house the Jack Nicklaus award with out profitable a significant by popping out on prime at two World Golf Championships and the Gamers Championship whereas additionally profitable the Vardon Trophy for the bottom scoring common and the PGA Tour cash title.

Woods was honored to have such a promising yr.

“It has been an unbelievable yr to have received 5 instances, two of these World Golf championships and one Gamers,” Woods instructed ESPN through a convention name Friday. “It has been only a implausible yr throughout. It is also an unbelievable feeling to be voted by your friends, and to have that kind of respect is one thing that is very humbling.”

Woods had loads of competitors on the poll as British Open champion Phil Mickelson, Masters champion Adam Scott, Fed-Ex Cup champion Henrik Stenson and Matt Kuchar additionally appeared, however ESPN experiences that the runner-up and the quantity of votes Woods obtained is not going to be revealed.

Regardless of having extra wins (42) and extra majors (5) than any participant apart from Woods, Mickelson has by no means received PGA Participant of the Yr, the PGA Tour cash title or No. 1 on the planet rating.

ESPN experiences that regardless that Woods received the Jack Nicklaus award with out profitable a significant, it is the fourth time in 5 years that the award was handed to a non-major winner. Woods joins Fred Couples (1991, 1992) and Nick Price (1993, 1994) as the one particular person to win a number of Jack Nicklaus awards since its inception in 1990. Whereas these two have received it twice, Woods has made historical past by capturing it for the eleventh time.

This yr marks the primary time that Woods has received these coveted awards because the struggles of his private life turned front-page information in 2009, however Woods, 37, mentioned the sensation would not ever get previous to him.

“I understand how exhausting it’s,” Woods mentioned per ESPN. “I’ve needed to work my approach again from accidents on quite a few events all through the years. These final couple years isn’t any exception to that. There have been lots of people saying I may by no means win once more, and two years later I’ve bought eight wins on our tour. I am very happy with the place I’ve come from, from being ranked outdoors the highest 50 to being ranked the place I’m now, and to have had the success that I’ve had this yr simply makes it all of the extra rewarding.”

Woods mentioned profitable the Gamers Championship meant so much to him as a result of the golf course has given him a lot frustration via the years.

“You begin enjoying golf programs that you simply like and that fit your recreation,” Woods instructed ESPN. “Guys typically play that schedule and provides themselves one of the best alternative to win tournaments and to have a pleasant residing out on tour. For me, The Gamers Championship is the massive occasion and towards most likely the strongest area we play all yr. I have never had a whole lot of success since 2001.”

Woods added: “To lastly put myself there with the prospect and the way in which I used to be hitting it to get it executed on that Sunday, boy, it certain felt good.”

After every part that occurred in 2009 and thru all of his accidents, getting the accolades this yr may solely really feel good for the golfer.

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