Tiger Woods voted PGA Tour Player of the Year

Tiger Woods has been voted 2013 PGA Tour Player of the Year, with Jordan Spieth claiming the Rookie of the Year accolade

Tiger Woods wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (Getty Images)

Tiger Woods voted PGA Tour Player of the Year

Tiger Woods has been voted 2013 PGA Tour Player of the Year, with Jordan Spieth claiming the Rookie of the Year accolade.

The world number one has won five times on the PGA Tour this season, including two WGC titles and the Players Championship.

Woods - who earned $8,533,439 to finish 2013 atop the money list - has now won the PGA Tour Player of the Year accolade 11 times.

"It's been an incredible year to have won five times," said Woods.

"It's been a fantastic year all round. It's an incredible feeling to be voted by your peers and have that respect. It's very humbling."

The 79-time PGA Tour winner and 14-time major champion - who beat off Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott and Henrik Stenson - now sits just three victories shy of Sam Snead's all-time PGA Tour record.

Spieth, meanwhile, was awarded the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award in recognition of a sensational debut season on the America circuit.

He started the year with no PGA Tour status, earned his 2014 card after just a handful of starts and became the youngest ever competitor in the season-ending Tour Championship.

He won the John Deere Classic aged 19, finished runner up at the Puerto Rico Open, Wyndham Championship and Tour Championship and notched five other top 10s in 2013.

"It's a tremendous honour. It's been a great year for rookies on the PGA Tour," said Spieth, who was selected over Derek Ernst, Russell Henley and David Lingmerth.

Spieth - who makes his Presidents Cup debut next week - has moved up 789 places in the Official World Golf Ranking since January.

TOPICS
Nick Bonfield
Features Editor

Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, writing, commissioning and coordinating all features across print and online. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x