And my vote for PGA Tour Player of the Year is…

August

Actually, I don’t get a vote for PGA Tour Player of the Year. That’s only for players, and seeing how my low round of the year is an 86 (and that was very good for me), I’m pretty sure I don’t qualify.

But one of the early storylines emerging this week at The Barclays is who should be tour player of the year: Tiger Woods with his four wins, one of which was his Willis Reed imitation at the U.S. Open; or Padraig Harrington, who has simply won each of the last two majors.

It sounds like players are leaning toward Harrington, and it’s hard to disagree. As remarkable as Woods was at Torrey Pines and with his three straight wins to start the year, the fact that he simply hasn’t been around much this season should disqualify him.

I know, I know. I don’t think Woods wanted to blow out his knee. But the reality is Woods’ sparse playing schedule is a factor every year, and this one was merely an extreme.

In fact, new rule: you can’t win Player of the Year if you don’t know who your fellow players are. Every time you turn to your caddie and say, “Who’s that guy?” is a deduction in points.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 at 3:47 pm by Sam Weinman. Print | Email

One Response to “And my vote for PGA Tour Player of the Year is…”

Andy Brown August 23rd, 2008 at 5:52 am
As things stand I cannot think of anyone else in the golfing world who deserves to be given the player of the year award other than Padraig Harrington. Perhaps Kenny Perry could be considered but then when you give up on a chance to compete in two of the most important events in the golfing calendar then you really donâ€™t deserve to be considered as one of the best in the circuit.

Woods of course had a brilliant start to the season but then the knee kicked in and that was that for his year.

I think more than anything else, the reason why Paddy Harrington deserves the title is a) Coz he managed to defend his Open Championship which is a hard thing to do under any circumstance and one all the public gaze was on Greg Norman he managed to sneak in under the radar and take hold of the Claret Jug. Once that was accomplished, he played some unbelievable golf aided by great clutch putting to win back to back majors which is something unheard of in the present lot of players unless you are a Tiger Woods.

So no two ways about who I would nominate for the award, if I had a say that is !!

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