GWAA Award of 2009 Falls to Three Players

 

Players who have been honoured by the GWAA since 2000:

2000 Tiger Woods; Karrie Webb; Larry Nelson

2001 Tiger Woods; Annika Sorenstam; Allen Doyle

2002 Tiger Woods; Annika Sorenstam; Hale Irwin

2003 Tiger Woods; Annika Sorenstam; Tom Watson

2004 Vijay Singh; Annika Sorenstam; Craig Stadler

2005 Tiger Woods; Annika Sorenstam; Dana Quigley

2006 Tiger Woods; Lorena Ochoa; Jay Haas

2007 Tiger Woods; Lorena Ochoa; Jay Haas

2008 Padraig Harrington; Lorena Ochoa; Jay Haas

2009 Tiger Woods; Jiyai Shin; Loren Roberts

 

From the open of Voting for the GWAA Awards (November 24) to midnight December 11, Tiger Woods (Best Player) , Jiyai Shin and Loren Roberts won the Golf Writers of America of 2009.

Though Tiger Woods suffered his scandals, the voting event was not affected. As we know, this is the 10th time for Tiger who clinched the title and grabbed the crown of top Player on the US PGA Tour. South Korean women's star Shin, has already named the LPGA Tour's rookie of the year, and US senior golfer Roberts, the Champions Tour stand-out.

All three players will be honored at the GWAA's Annual Awards Dinner in Augusta, Georgia on April 7 next year.

Woods received 84 percent of the vote (168 votes) as against the 10 percent for Steve Stricker (20) and the six percent (13) for PGA Champion YE Yang, the first Asian ever to win a major.

Shin's margin was the narrowest .She received 52 percent of the vote (105) to 42 percent for Ochoa (85) and six percent (11) for Cristie Kerr.

 

Roberts picked up 55 percent of the vote (111) to 39 percent for Bernhard Langer (78) and five percent for Fred Funk (10).

After undergoing major knee surgery almost immediately after winning the US Open in agony in June 2008, Woods came back to win six times on the PGA TOUR in 2009 and once in Australia. Unusually, he did not add to his majors tally of 14 and continued to need five more to surpass Jack Nicklaus' record 18.

Woods also topped the money list for the ninth time and won his second FedExCup in three years.

Shin, the World No 2 women's golfer, won three times in her rookie year in America in 2009 and just missed out to World No 1 Lorena Ochoa in the race for the LPGA's Player of the Year award.
Shin did top the money list, however, and was second in scoring average.

Roberts won three times, including the Senior Open Championship at Sunningdale, and went on to claim the Charles Schwab Cup for the second time in three years.

He finished second on the money list behind Langer, who won four times.

 

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