Woods now has won the PGA of America's award eight times in his 10 full years on the US PGA Tour.
Along with his fifth straight victory, Tiger Woods captured another prize at the Deutsche Bank Championship. His seventh victory of the year was enough for him to mathematically clinch US PGA Player of the Year. Woods now has won the PGA of America's award eight times in his 10 full years on the US PGA Tour. The only two times he did not win the points-based award was in 1998 when Mark O'Meara won two majors, and in 2004 when Vijay Singh won nine times. Players receive 30 points for winning a major, 20 points for The Players Championship and 10 points for every other PGA Tour victory, with a 50-point bonus for winning two majors. As many as 20 points are awarded on a sliding scale for the scoring average and money list.
With only nine tournaments left in the season, no one can catch Woods.
Woods also has a commanding lead in competition for the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average at 68.30. Jim Furyk is second at 69.06.
But whether he wins that award for the seventh time in his career might depend on his schedule. Because he missed the cut at the US Open and withdrew after two rounds of the Nissan Open with the flu, Woods has played only 51 rounds this year. Unless he plays Disney, he would be four rounds short of the 60 minimum required to win the Vardon Trophy.
The US PGA Tour award for lowest scoring average --the Byron Nelson Trophy-- requires only 50 rounds.