Vijay Singh's victory at the 84 Lumber Classic clinched his first PGA of
America Player of the Year award. Singh's eighth victory, including a
major, gives him 140 points in the standings. That is enough to
mathematically eliminate Phil Mickelson (second in the standings), even if
Lefty were to win the final five tournaments of the year.
The points-based system awards 30 points for a major, 20 points for
The Players Championship and 10 points for all other tour events. The
41-year-old Fijian also gets 20 points for having the highest scoring
average and 20 points for leading the PGA Tour money list.
Tiger Woods won the PGA of America award the last five years, and six
out of the last seven. Singh becomes the first international player to
win the award since Greg Norman in 1995.
The PGA Tour player of the year award is a vote of the players which
takes place after the Tour Championship, although that figures to be a
tap-in for Singh.
The only major award still up for grabs is the Vardon Trophy for the
lowest adjusted scoring average. Singh leads that category at 68.92,
with Mickelson at 68.94. Woods and Ernie Els (69.06) are still in the
running. | 
