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SPORTSSaturday 3 October 2015
Jordan Spieth wins PGA Tour player of the year
Jordan Spieth poses with the trophies after winning the Tour Championship golf tournament and the FedEx Cup at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in
Atlanta.
Associated Press
DOUG FERGUSON Vardon Trophy for having It didn’t take long. had five victories, making finishes, losing in a playoff
AP Golf Writer the lowest adjusted scor- Spieth set the 36-hole re- it the first time in 42 years to Padraig Harrington at
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. ing average. cord at Augusta National that the PGA Tour had two the Honda Classic and fin-
(AP) — Jordan Spieth was Daniel Berger was voted and tie Woods’ 72-hole players with at least five ishing six shots behind Day
voted PGA Tour player of rookie of the year. He was mark at 18-under 270 with wins. The majors swung at the BMW Championship
the year Friday, giving him the only rookie to qualify his wire-to-wire victory. He heavily in Spieth’s favor, during the FedEx Cup play-
a sweep of all the signifi- for the Tour Championship. became only the fourth however, along with his offs. Because points are
cant awards. Since the FedEx Cup be- player since 1960 to win scoring average and re- quadrupled in the FedEx
The PGA Tour does not dis- gan in 2007, Woods is the the first two legs of the cord earnings. He also led Cup playoffs, that runner-
close how many votes Spi- only other player to sweep Grand Slam when he won the tour with 15 finishes up finish was enough to
eth received from the play- the awards, win a major the U.S. Open at Cham- in the top 10. Spieth won get Berger into the field for
ers, though the 22-year- and capture the FedEx bers Bay. And he was tied the award over Day, Brit- the Tour Championship.
old Texan removed any Cup and its $10 million bo- for the lead at the British ish Open champion Zach He won the award over
suspense last week with his nus. Open through 70 holes Johnson and Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, who fin-
four-shot victory in the Tour Just two years ago, Woods until a bogey on the 17th who won twice this year ished at No. 32 in the Fe-
Championship to win the received the Jack Nicklaus hole. He finished one shot but was sidelined for two dEx Cup and missed the
Fed Ex Cup. Award for a record 11th out of a playoff and was months with an ankle inju- Tour Championship by five
Spieth had five wins this time. He was presented runner-up to Jason Day at ry from playing soccer with points; Tony Finau, who
year, including the Mas- the trophy at Torrey Pines the PGA Championship. friends a few weeks before featured on the weekend
ters and U.S. Open. He is to start the 2014 season, Woods and Nicklaus are the British Open. at two majors; and Nick
the youngest player since and he shared the stage the only other players to Spieth previously won the Taylor of Canada. Taylor
Tiger Woods (21) to win that day with Spieth who not finish worse than fourth PGA of America’s points- was the only rookie to win
the Jack Nicklaus Award was the 2013 rookie of the in all the majors. based award for player this year, but that was at
as player of the year. Spi- year. Day got into the conver- of the year. Because of a an opposite-field event
eth also won the Arnold Spieth looked over at sation late in the year by bonus for winning two ma- last fall when the top play-
Palmer Award by topping Woods’ trophy and said, winning four out of six tour- jors, Spieth clinched that ers were in Shanghai. Tay-
the money list with a re- “Now it’s time to chase this naments and reaching award in August. lor was No. 101 in the Fe-
cord $12 million, and the other award.” No. 1 in the world. He also Berger had two runner-up dEx Cup.q
