HEAD-TO-HEAD

With his fifth win--including two majors--Tiger has all but locked up Player of the Year, but he hasn't outplayed his two closest rivals by that much. Here's the season breakdown.

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 	TIGER WOODS	VIJAY SINGH	PHIL MICKELSON
Starts	17	24	18
Wins	5	4	4
Money (Rank)	$8,592,674 (1st)	$7,307,669 (2nd)	$5,609,025 (3rd)
Top 10s (Rank)	11 (2nd)	15 (1st)	9 (4th)
Scoring Avg. (Rank)	68.59 (1st)	69.01 (2nd)	69.23 (3rd)
Driving Avg. (Rank)	315.2 (2nd)	300.7 (14th)	300.1 (17th)
Putting Avg. (Rank)	1.74 (15th)	1.77 (60th)	1.75 (22nd)
Low Round	61, second round Buick Open	63, third round Buick Open	60, second round FBR Open
Gag Round	75, first round PGA	77, first round Memorial	77, second round U.S. Open
Signature Moment	Chip-in on 16 at Augusta	Hole in one on 17 at the Nelson	Pitch on 18 at the PGA
Bonehead Move	Leaving the PGA early	Using four putters	Blowing off the Mercedes
Issue	Kostis's personality	Phil's spikes	Vijay's questions
POY Odds	2 to 5	10 to 1	12 to 1

 

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JOHN BIEVER (WOODS)

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AL TIELEMANS (SINGH)

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FRED VUICH (MICKELSON)