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2006 GRI Player of the Year

(September 10, 2006 - Golf Rank Index)

Tiger Woods Wins
GRI 2006 Player of the Year

• Woods Wins Deutsche Bank For 5th Win in a Row
• Woods Leads or has Clinched All GRI Indices and Tiebreakers
• QPI - #1 Tiger Woods, #2 Jim Furyk, #3 Adam Scott
• CPI - #1 Tiger Woods, #2 Jim Furyk, #3 Phil Mickelson

(August 20, 2006 - Golf Rank Index)

Tiger Woods Virtual Lock to Win
GRI 2006 Player of the Year

• Woods Leads All GRI Indices and Tiebreakers
• QPI - #1 Tiger Woods, #2 Adam Scott, #3 Phil Mickelson
• CPI - #1 Tiger Woods, #2 Jim Furyk, #3 Phil Mickelson

GRI Player of the Year Index Through Week 33 - 2006 PGA Champ.
2006 Cumulative Performance Index
1	Tiger Woods	1870.54
2	Jim Furyk	1354.04
3	Phil Mickelson	1311.34
2006 Quality Performance Index
1	Tiger Woods	155.88
2	Adam Scott	75.22
3	Phil Mickelson	72.85
Major Championship Wins
1	Tiger Woods	2
2	Phil Mickelson	1
2	Geoff Ogilvy	1
Total Wins
1	Tiger Woods	5
T2	Phil Mickelson	2
T2	Geoff Ogilvy	1

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With his wins at British Open and PGA Championship Tiger Woods is virtually assured to be named the GRI 2006 Player of the Year.

Despite two early season wins Woods had been mostly absent since the passing of his father in May and then he missed the cut at the U.S. Open. Talk of dominating season were not heard in many quarters. Yet by winning the season's final two majors, and sandwiching in a win at the Buick Open as well, Woods has everyone talking about his domination once again.

To be eligible for Player of the year, a player must lead either the GRI Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) or the GRI Quality Performance Index (QPI) at seasons end. If one player leads both indices, that player is automatically named player of the year.

If different players lead the CPI and QPI at year's end, then a series of tiebreakers settle the question. The first tiebreaker is major championship wins. The second tiebreaker is total wins for the season.

Through week 33…

Woods has established a commanding 80+ point lead on the QPI.

Woods has a lead of more than 516 points on the CPI.

If the race were over now, Woods would win as he leads both indices.

2006 Player of the Year Qualifications...

2006 Cumulative Performance Through Week 33 - 2006 PGA Champ.
Rank	Player	GRI Points
1	Tiger Woods	1870.54
2	Jim Furyk	1354.04
3	Phil Mickelson	1311.34
4	Geoff Ogilvy	1213.94
5	Adam Scott	1053.15

Here's a breakdown of the GRI Player of the Year Leaders:

CPI - Total GRI points earned for the season - Woods has forged a very substantial lead for this time in the season. However, if anyone is going to challenge Woods for one of the two Player of the Year qualifications, this is the place to do it. A 500 point lead is huge, but if Jim Furyk or Phil Mickelson could pull out wins in both of the remaining WGC events and finish well in the season ending Tour Championship... they could have a chance. Notice we said "could". For anyone other than Woods to have a chance at the CPI... Tiger would have to oblige by finishing out of the top-10 for virtually the rest of the year. It's possible, just not very likely.

GRI - 2006 Quality Performance Through Week 33 - 2006 PGA Champ.
Rank	Player	Pts Per Event
1	Tiger Woods	155.88
2	Adam Scott	75.22
3	Phil Mickelson	72.85
4	Jim Furyk	71.27
5	Geoff Ogilvy	67.44

QPI - Average Points-Per-Event - Woods has built such a commanding lead that we find it almost impossible to find any scenario where Woods could lose the QPI lead by the end of the year. Oh we suppose that Woods could miss the cut in the rest of his events this year... and then Adam Scott could win ALL of his events the rest of the year... then depending on how many events each played... Scott MIGHT catch Woods. Get the picture? This category is pretty much over with.

Bottom Line:

Tiger most likely will win the CPI and depending on the number of events he, Adam Scott and Mickelson play, probably has already locked up the QPI. For Woods to lose the Player of the Year someone is going to have to knock him out of the lead on both the CPI and QPI as Woods has won the first tiebreaker, major championship victories.

If history is any indicator, Woods will likely perform well in the remaining WGC's which will only swell his margin on both indices... The scary part... even if he plays very poorly the rest of the way... its all but impossible for anyone to take the title away from him.

While its not official yet... make no mistake about it... Tiger Woods IS the GRI 2006 Player of the Year.

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