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Tiger Woods wins another Player of Year award

From the water is wet department of news.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - No one came close to matching Tiger Woods on the PGA Tour, which is becoming as predictable as Woods being voted the PGA Tour player of the year.

With seven victories and another major championship, Woods won the award Tuesday for the third straight season and the ninth time in his 11 years since he turned pro. The only questions now are whether he's playing his best golf, and how much better he can get.

"Is he spoiling everyone?" Brad Faxon asked after a pro-am round at the Target World Challenge. "I don't see anyone close. I don't see who the next guy is."

Phil Mickelson was the only other player on the PGA Tour ballot with three victories, including The Players Championship. Woods won the money title by more than $5 million over Mickelson, and Woods' stroke average was 1.4 shots per round lower than Ernie Els.

But when asked to review his year, Woods spent a lot of time looking at lost shots.

He was tied for the lead at some point in the final round of the Masters and U.S. Open and was a runner-up in both of them by a combined three shots. And the only tournament he failed to win during the PGA Tour Playoffs was at the Deutsche Bank Championship, where he took nine more putts than Mickelson in the final round and finished two back.

I predicted Tiger to be player of the year. Am I psychic or what?

At least no mention is made of Tiger becoming a Dad too. I'd point out that Masters Champ Zach Johnson did that also in 2007.

How long is it before the 2008 PGA Tour starts?

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The swing changes are takin... (Below threshold)

The swing changes are taking hold. His grieving over his Dad's death is right about at the end of the normal average for the general population--18 months.

I'm betting he'll win the Masters by 5 strokes, maybe more. And I think he'll make a serious run at the single year Grand Slam, and a new definition of the "Tiger Slam".

And I'm not a big Tiger fan.


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